It’s Reda to rescue as barren run ends
THEY say if you don’t succeed try, try again and finally Reda Khadra came up with a spectacular strike to end the Blackburn goal famine.
Until his explosive
78th-minute free-kick the on-loan Brighton striker had been the biggest culprit as Rovers piled up more evidence as to why they have been so wasteful in front of goal.
A club record of five consecutive games without a goal was threatening to blow their promotion bid off course.
And with Khadra spurning inviting chance after chance it appeared the barren run was about to continue.
The stoic German had other ideas and at last, after more than nine hours, a rare sight for Rovers fans – a goal.
The angle for the free-kick outside the QPR penalty area appeared too acute but Khadra let fly and substitute keeper David Marshall misread the flight, a flailing arm getting nowhere near it.
Relieved Blackburn boss Tony Mowbray said: “We could have scored four or five but we will take 1-0 and move on to the next one.”
Marshall had replaced Seny Dieng who had been bundled into his own net following a hefty challenge from rovers striker Sam Gallagher.
The Marshall mistake saw Blackburn leapfrog QPR in the battle for at least a play-off place and manager Mark Warburton said: “We lacked energy.
“We looked a bit weary, a bit leggy. Maybe it was my fault, I should have freshened it up.”
BLACKBURN: Kaminski 6; Lenihan 7, Van Hecke 7, Wharton 7; Nyambe 6 (Zeefuik
(57th) 6), Travis 6, Johnson 6, Pickering
6 (Giles (71st) 6); Dolan 7, Gallagher 6 (Hedges (67th) 6), Khadra 7
QPR: Dieng 7 (Marshall (46th) 7); Dickie 6, Dunne 7, Barbet 6; Adomah 6 (McCallum
(67th) 6), Hendrick 7, Field 6, Odubajo
6; Johansen 6, Chair 6; Willock 6 (Gray
(61st) 6)
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