Warnock frustrated by QPR’s sloppy finishing

LONDON: QPR manager Neil Warnock blasted his side’s sloppy finishing after the Championship leaders had to settle for a 0-0 draw against Hull.

Warnock’s side remain five points clear at the top of the table but they could have extended that advantage with better finishing at the KC Stadium on Saturday.

QPR’s Ishmael Miller, on loan from West Brom, also had a goal ruled out for offside in the first half to leave Warnock to rue those wasted opportunities.

“I’m disappointed and frustrated,” Warnock said. “I was surprised how Hull set the stall out - put the bus in front of the goal.

“I felt we dominated the game for 80 minutes. I just thought the last 10 minutes they had a little bit. We could have done a lot better in the last third. We didn’t test the keeper enough.”

Rangers had a golden chance in the 12th minute as Brad Guzan’s flap at a corner presented defender Matt Connolly with an empty net, however he could only clear the crossbar.

Miller shot straight at Guzan when he shrugged off Anthony Gerrard in a race to a long ball, then the striker poked home on the half hour only to see the effort ruled out by the linesman’s offside flag.

Norwich boss Paul Lambert saluted his players as they moved above Cardiff into second place after a 0-0 draw at struggling Crystal Palace.

Lambert’s team have lost just once in their last 14 games, but they were unable to find a way through the Palace defence at Selhurst Park.

Palace have not let in a goal at Selhurst Park in nearly 10 hours and rarely looked like conceding, although they had a let-off when City skipper Grant Holt produced a woeful late miss.

“A draw was a fair result. We knew it would be tough, Palace are fighting for their lives and I’m delighted we’ve gone up to second,” Lambert said.