da stake casino： Heidar Helguson struck twice for QPR as they claimed a surprise victory over Stoke in a thrilling encounter at the Brittania Stadium to move into the top half.
da betway： Rangers had to come from behind after Jon Walters had given the home side an eighth minute lead only for Helguson to equalise before Luke Young scored his first goal for the club just before the break. The Icelandic striker then pounced to increase his side’s lead just before the hour mark and it proved to be crucial as Ryan Shawcross pulled one back to set up a nervy finish. Tony Pulis’ side should have had a penalty two minute from time after Joey Barton brought Robert Huth down in the area only for referee Mike Jones to wave away any appeals as the R’s held on. The win moves Neil Warnock’s men into ninth position as they won away from Loftus Road for the third time this season. Their form on the road has been a massive plus point and they’ll be ecstatic to be travelling back to West London with three points under their belts. Stoke, on the other hand, made it four defeats on the bounce and were still licking their wounds after a 5-0 hammering at the hands of Bolton before the international break. They responded in the best possible manner going ahead with just eight minutes on the clock.
Walters was the man on hand to fire past Paddy Kenny for his fourth goal of the campaign after latching on to Peter Crouch’s pass as the Potters started brightly. Crouch should then have double that lead seeing one effort saved by Kenny before Clint Hill steered his goal bound effort to safety. However they failed to build on their early supremacy with the visitors scoring with arguably their first chance of the game. Armand Traore sped down the left before clipping a superb cross into towards the unmarked Helguson who made no mistake planting his header past Thomas Sorensen. Warnock’s side clearly had their shooting boot’s on and they made it 2-0 just before half time with Young scoring his first league goal since August of last year lashing the ball home from Jamie Mackie’s cross. It was proving to be a tough afternoon for Sorensen who was making his first league start of the season and was beaten for a third time 10 minutes after the restart as Helguson fired home at the back post from Barton’s whipped cross.
The home side didn’t surrender though and after a period of extended pressure gave themselves a lifeline through Shawrcross’ first goal of the campaign. A corner from the right was touched on by Crouch gifting the Stoke skipper the task of simply heading the ball past Kenny from six-yards. The Britannia was now buzzing with anticipation as they roared their side on to find an equaliser and they were up in arms after referee Jones decided not to award the Potters a penalty after Barton’s trip on Huth. After lengthy discussions with his assistant the official decided a free-kick was to be awarded much to the annoyance of the home bench. Pulis’ men fired everything they had at the Rangers defence but to no avail as the away side held on for a priceless victory.
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