Holloway back with a bang at Rangers

IAN HOLLOWAY began his second spell as QPR manager with a 2-1 victory to pile more pressure on Norwich counterpart Alex O’Neil in the Championship.

Holloway’s men made a dream start when Norwich had Martin Olsson sent off in the second minute for handball on the line, although Tjaronn Chery missed the resulting penalty.

Rangers soon took control though and Chery was involved in two goals in seven minutes for Conor Washington and Sebastian Polter, while Steven Naismith’s 78th-minute goal was only a consolation as Norwich slumped to a fourth successive defeat.

Reading are up to third after a comfortable 3-0 win at home to Burton. Goals from Dominic Samuel and Danny Williams put the Royals in charge at the break before John Brayford’s own goal secured their fourth successive win.

The game of the day was at Ewood Park where Blackburn recovered from conceding after just 33 seconds to beat Brentford 3-2, with all the goals coming in the first half.

Scott Hogan grabbed the quickfire opener and then equalised after Danny Graham’s brace, including one from the penalty spot, put Rovers in front. An own goal by Brentford captain Harlee Dean in the 38th minute then proved to be the winning goal.

Tom Ince had two penalties saved by Lee Camp but still managed to score twice, either side of a Darren Bent goal, as Derby beat rock-bottom Rotherham 3-0.

Che Adams grabbed the 81st-minute winner as Birmingham edged out Bristol City 1-0 despite having Jonathan Spector sent off late on and there was late drama at Craven Cottage as Fulham snatched a 1-1 draw with Sheffield Wednesday after Scott Malone’s injury-time equaliser cancelled out Fernando Foriestieri’s fine strike.

Preston and Wolves shared a goalless draw at Deepdale and it was also a stalemate between Barnsley and Wigan at Oakwell.

Britt Assombalonga scored twice – included one after just 17 seconds – as Nottingham Forest kept their first clean sheet of the season with a well-deserved 2-0 win at Ipswich in the late game yesterday.

The striker took advantage of horrendous defending from the out-ofsorts home side to grab a goal at the start and end of the first half.

Ipswich threw bodies forward after the interval but struggled to break down a resolute Forest backline, who had come into the game with the second worst defensive record in the Championship.