Redknapp admits QPR passed it to Fulham - Irish Independent

02 April 2013 QPR boss Harry Redknapp rued his side's "sloppy" begin in their 3-2 defeat to west London rivals Fulham that sent huge blow to the Hoops' success desires. Christopher Samba fouled Ashkan Dejagah to admit an early on fee, that was transformed by Dimitar Berbatov, before being caught in possession to allow the striker to include his second. A Clint Hill own goal saw QPR drop 3-0 down before a goal was pulled by Adel Taarabt right back, and Loic Remy netted another after he had seen a penalty preserved by Mark Schwarzer. "We began sloppy," Redknapp said. "We offered an early goal away and suddenly you are on the rear foot, you can not provide goals away that way and get football matches. They certainly were the worst three goals you might ever desire to see given away." Redknapp thought the game was there for the taking, especially after Fulham midfielder Steven Sidwell was sent down for a challenge on Armand Traore, but the former Tottenham manager was left bemoaning the bad opening to the match. He added: "They didn't have to benefit their goals, the charge we got caught in possession, then we dropped the ball and then with the own target - you could not have observed three worse goals. "We did well another from there and in the second half we deserved to have something out of the game - we battered them second half. At 3-2 I could see just one winner." Samba, who joined from Russian ensemble Anzhi Makhachkala for a club-record fee to much excitement in the January shift window, had an night and Redknapp said it absolutely was not really a performance you would normally associate with the former Blackburn defender. Samba pushed up late on in the search for a dramatic equaliser, significantly to the chagrin of his boss. "It is not like him, he is usually a really confident guy," Redknapp said. "He got caught with the ball and we are cost by it dearly. If they had 10 men and we are murdering them with 11 you've surely got to enjoy. "I do not want to start lumping it to the box to Samba, (Bobby) Zamora or Remy. You've got to play and use that extra man. We had been producing every 10 minutes to three to four chances and with 10 men we would have created a lot more chances." Obtain our Free iPhone App Now Down load our Free Android App Today