After starting a Good Game Liverpool ends the match by Losing from QPR By 3-2. QPR scored 2 away goals in the last 13 minutes to end the match.Kenny Dalglish admits Liverpool must learn from their meltdown against QPR if they are to avoid their Premier League season drifting to a disappointing end.And the Reds boss admits he is concerned his side may suffer in the FA Cup semi-final, when they face Everton or Sunderland at Wembley, if they continue to fail to close games out.
But Dalglish was puzzled as to how Liverpool managed to go from being in control thanks to goals from Sebastian Coates and Dirk Kuyt, to leaving West London with nothing after Shaun Derry, Djibril Cisse and Jamie Mackie had hit back.
Dalglish, who had admitted ahead of the game that his side need to win all 10 of their fixtures if they were to hope for a top-four spot, said: “I don’t think anybody saw it coming. We started fantastically, the only thing that was missing was a bit of luck in front of goal.”
For QPR, Mackie and manager Mark Hughes believe the result could be the catalyst for survival. The win was only their second in 17 games and took them out of the bottom three and two points clear of the relegation zone.
Hughes said: “It could be a defining moment. I think we have to make sure it is.”
Liverpool had started the game well and could have been 4-0 up inside the opening 12 minutes, as Luis Suarez, Martin Skrtel and Kuyt had chances denied.
Coates fired Liverpool in front nine minutes after the break with a spectacular overhead kick, before Kuyt latched onto the rebound from Paddy Kenny’s save off Stewart Downing’s shot to double the visitors’ lead.
But Derry rose to meet Adel Taarabt’s corner to head in his first goal for QPR, before Cisse did the same to level the scores against his old employers.
And Mackie took advantage of some sloppy defending in stoppage time to race onto Luke Young’s through-ball and score what could be a crucial goal for both ends of the table.
Hughes added: “Tonight is right up there and I think everyone sensed the emotion and significance of the result.” —
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