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Leaders Coventry crash again as QPR strike late

COVENTRY’S bid for promotion to the Premier League suffered a fresh blow as the Championship leaders lost 2-1 at QPR yesterday. Josh Eccles gave Coventry an early lead but QPR responded in the second half with Richard Kone’s equaliser and Nicolas Madsen’s late win ner. Frank Lampard’s side are now level on points with second-placed Middlesbrough. Coventry have blown a sizeable lead at the top and they are just five points clear of third-placed Hull, who have a game in hand, in the race for automatic promotion via a top two finish. The Sky Blues , who thrashed QPR 7-1 in

Hull debut to seal a 1-0 win at third bottom Blackburn. The 20-year-old, signed on loan from Liverpool on Friday, was introduced as a 77th minute substitute and made an immediate impression, slotting home with nine minutes remaining. That was enough to secure a fourth successive win for Sergej Jakirovic’s team. Fifth-placed Millwall were held to a 1-1 draw by Sheffield United at The Den, while Wrexham moved back into the playoff places after Sam Smith clinched a 1-0 win at bottom of the table Sheffield Wednesday. – AFP/Agencies

clear, a difficult moment and we’re top of the league. “We know that gap’s gone now, so it’s a race from now and we have to pick ourselves up very quickly.” Middlesbrough took advantage of Coventry’s slip with a 1-0 victory over Norwich at the Riverside Stadium. Norwich had won their previous four matches, but Hayden Hackney curled home from long range in the 17th minute as Kim Hellberg’s side claimed their fifth successive victory. Lewis Koumas scored four minutes into his

August, have gone eight away matches without a win, a run which has included five defeats. “We didn’t deal with the messy parts of the game well enough, second balls a little bit, a few duels and get punished for it,” Lampard told BBC Radio Coventry and Warwickshire . “It’s a great goal, great header from Josh, great ball from Rudy. The feeling was on this pitch against a difficult opponent it was going to be a tough game and there wasn’t much in it before the goal. “What we must do now is keep positive, look to the next one. We’re in a difficult moment, it’s

Gunners get swagger back Arteta says Arsenal showed how much they want success with Leeds win

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A RSENAL BOSS Mikel Arteta said his side delivered a state ment win after beating Leeds 4-0 at Elland Road to get their Premier League title challenge back on track. The Gunners led 2-0 at the break through Martin Zubimendi’s header and Leeds goalkeeper Karl Darlow’s own goal before wrapping up their first win in four League games with sec ond-half efforts from Viktor Gyokeres and Gabriel Jesus. After following up goalless eague draws against Liverpool and Nottingham Forest with last week’s home defeat to Manchester United, Arsenal were under pressure before a ball was kicked at Elland Road and Arteta was delighted with his side’s emphatic response. The Spaniard said: “We’re very happy, obviously. A very impressive performance, a very impressive result. “And in the context that we’ve done it. We knew about the difficulty of the game and the opponent that we’re fac ing, with a recent form and the style of play that they have at the moment, the energy that the stadium brings. “And then the fact that after three results that didn’t go our way in the league, we really wanted to show how much we wanted it. And I think we said something on that today.” Arsenal made light of Buyako Saka’s withdrawal in the warm-up and Arteta saluted late replacement Noni Madueke, who had a hand in both his side’s first two goals. He provided a superb cross for Zubimendi’s opener and it was the England winger whose whipped-in corner was fumbled by Darlow for

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their second. “He was ready, because you cannot do that in two minutes,” Arteta added. “The way he prepared, the way he’s waiting for opportunity. I think he paid off today, because he made a real impact. “We thought before the game it was going to be a long game. We were going to have to navigate through dif ferent moments in the game, and we were going to need everybody fulfilling their roles and I think the players exe cuted that incredibly.” Leeds slipped to just their second defeat in 11 League games, but are left looking back over their shoulder after their bid to climb further clear of the relegation zone stalled. Head coach Daniel Farke had no complaints with the result nor his play ers after another chastening defeat to the Gunners this season. Farke, whose side lost 5-0 at the Emirates Stadium in August, said: “Congratulations to Arsenal. They deserved their win today. We have to accept that the better team won this this game. “We were also realistic before we faced the best side currently in Europe. “There are reasons why this team is sitting top of the table in the Premier League, with eight wins out of eight (in the Champions League). “You need a perfect day in order to give yourself a chance, and also a bit of luck. Sadly, we didn’t have our very best day. “We have to accept their quality today. We have to say congratulations. They were better and there’s not too much to over interpretation into this game.” – The Independent/Agencies

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