QPR got their season off to an excellent start by beating Reading at Loftus Road. Here’s how we rated each Rangers player in the 2-0 victory.
The Rangers goalkeeper had nothing to do in the first half, but showed no signs of rustiness as he denied Jon Dadi Bodvarsson an equaliser soon after the restart.
Put in a solid display at right-back and contributed going forward, although he was caught out once or twice by balls over the top.
One error by the QPR skipper early in the second half almost allowed Reading back into the game, but there weren’t too many others over the course of 90 minutes.
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Looked uncomfortable against Bodvarsson, who easily turned him on the halfway line early on, but was relatively untroubled once the Icelandic forward had hobbled off.
As so often, Bidwell got the tackles in and got forward when required – but did nothing that could be labelled either spectacular or disastrous.
A bright performance by the winger, who supplied the cross for Conor Washington to head Rangers’ opener and was wrestled to the ground by Tiago Iloro to earn the penalty which led to the second goal.
Rangers’ only summer signing slotted into midfield seamlessly, showing plenty of energy and the ability to get stuck in as and when needed.
After a slow start, Luongo became more influential as the game progressed and was unlucky not to score when his low drive zipped past Vito Mannone but hit the inside of the post.
Freeman’s deft back-heel initiated the move that led to Washington’s first goal, but he should have added his own name to the scoresheet, firing two chances wide of the target.
While Washington did squander opportunities – notably a shot he blazed over just before half-time – it didn’t appear to affect the striker’s confidence and he took both of his goals with panache.
A thorn in Reading’s side all afternoon, chasing and harrying defenders, exuding enthusiasm throughout, and could easily have racked up four or five assists.
This post was last modified on 06/08/2017
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Washington 8/10? Retire now!
Not sure what game your reporter was watching , maybe needs to take the Mackie tinted glasses off , cannot believe he was 9 out of 10 , has the control of a six year old . Ran into 2 players should have been booked or worse very lucky , will not be so fortunatewith other refs in this campaign. Also cannot give a Pawel Wsolek 8 out if 10? for providing one cross of any substance in a 90 minute period.
All down to opinion mind!