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Queens Park Rangers 1-1 Nottingham Forest: Jack Colback salvages point for visitors

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Jack Colback
Jack Colback's previous goal for Forest came in a 3-1 home defeat by Aston Villa

Jack Colback scored his first league goal since March 2019 as Nottingham Forest salvaged a point in a dramatic finish against Queens Park Rangers at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium.

Rangers were poised for victory following Scotland international Lyndon Dykes' header at the end of a first half in which they lost Sam McCallum and Jordy de Wijs to injury.

Dykes could have made it a hat-trick after the break, but Brice Samba closed down the space to deny him one on one and Djed Spence produced a brilliant tackle as the striker prepared to shoot.

And Forest were rewarded for their tenacity when QPR failed to clear with time running out and Colback's fierce left-foot effort found the net with the help of a deflection off Jimmy Dunne.

Having lost 20 of their previous 22 matches on a Friday night, Rangers avoided a similar fate and moved up to fifth in the table despite being denied their seventh win of the campaign, with Forest remaining in 15th place.

In QPR's final home game before Remembrance Day, there was a minute's applause followed by a minute's silence and the playing of the Last Post by Sergeant Warren Ringham before kick-off.

When the match began, Forest almost went in front in the first 15 seconds as the home defence was caught in possession and Joe Lolley fed Brennan Johnson who shot narrowly wide.

The referee waved away penalty appeals by Forest when Johnson went down under a challenge from Yoann Barbet, but the visitors went close again as Lolley's 20-yard drive brought a flying save from Seny Dieng.

Albert Adomah then had to hack the ball away as Johnson played a dangerous ball across the six-yard box, but his most telling contribution against one of his former clubs came at the other end when he found space in the box for a dinked cross and Dykes peeled away from his marker Max Lowe before heading home.

Lyndon Dykes scores for QPR
Lyndon Dykes has now scored 10 goals this season - six for QPR and four for Scotland

Forest boss Steve Cooper sent on Alex Mighten and Lyle Taylor at the hour mark as his side sought an equaliser and Lolley flashed another left-foot effort just beyond the far post before he was replaced by Philip Zinckernagel, who forced Dieng to tip over with a powerful effort.

Dykes was being watched by Scotland boss Steve Clarke and he had the chances to settle the outcome but was denied by a resolute Forest defence.

The visitors threw numbers forward as the game moved into stoppage time and Colback's drive meant they avoided a second successive defeat, having lost 4-0 at home to Fulham last Sunday.

QPR boss Mark Warburton told BBC London 94.9:

"Second half we had to maintain shape and stop them playing forward and I think we did that, I thought we negated their threat.

"We got first contact to their set-pieces all night and in truth, against a very good Forest team, we looked comfortable.

"We had a lot of chances to finish it off and go two up, then it's game over, and we have to recognise we were wasteful in front of goal.

"To get a deflection like that - I've seen the replay from behind the goal and it was going straight in Seny's (Dieng) arms - it is painful."

Forest head coach Steve Cooper told BBC Radio Nottingham:

"It would have been really harsh if we'd lost the game - one, because of the part we played; two, because of the [penalty] decision in the first half; and three, we kept believing, we never gave up.

"QPR is a tough game to prepare for, they change their shape in midfield, sometimes a diamond, sometimes a box, and tactically that's quite hard to deal with.

"What we didn't want to do was drop [back] and let them take the game to us, we wanted to do the opposite, and we did if you look at how we started the game.

"It was a good game and I'm just glad we got something out of it - [but it's] mixed feelings, because I felt we should have got three points."

Line-ups

QPR

Formation 3-4-2-1

  • 1Dieng
  • 4Dickie
  • 5de WijsSubstituted forDunneat 36'minutes
  • 6Barbet
  • 37Adomah
  • 7JohansenBooked at 83mins
  • 17DozzellBooked at 44mins
  • 16McCallumSubstituted forOdubajoat 26'minutes
  • 10ChairSubstituted forAmosat 78'minutes
  • 21Willock
  • 9Dykes

Substitutes

  • 8Amos
  • 11Austin
  • 12Ball
  • 13Archer
  • 19Gray
  • 20Dunne
  • 22Odubajo

Nottm Forest

Formation 3-4-1-2

  • 30Samba
  • 4WorrallBooked at 90mins
  • 3FigueiredoSubstituted forMightenat 61'minutes
  • 26McKenna
  • 2Spence
  • 22Yates
  • 8Colback
  • 15Lowe
  • 23LolleySubstituted forZinckernagelat 67'minutes
  • 20Johnson
  • 7GrabbanSubstituted forTaylorat 61'minutes

Substitutes

  • 1Horvath
  • 11Zinckernagel
  • 13Bong
  • 17Mighten
  • 21Ojeda
  • 33Taylor
  • 37Garner
Referee:
Andy Davies
Attendance:
15,089

Match Stats

Home TeamQPRAway TeamNottm Forest
Possession
Home41%
Away59%
Shots
Home13
Away12
Shots on Target
Home4
Away4
Corners
Home5
Away8
Fouls
Home15
Away7

Live Text

  1. Post update

    Match ends, Queens Park Rangers 1, Nottingham Forest 1.

  2. Full Time

    Second Half ends, Queens Park Rangers 1, Nottingham Forest 1.

  3. Post update

    Attempt blocked. Brennan Johnson (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

  4. Post update

    Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Andre Dozzell.

  5. Post update

    Djed Spence (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the right wing.

  6. Post update

    Foul by Chris Willock (Queens Park Rangers).

  7. Booking

    Joe Worrall (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.

  8. Goal!

    Goal! Queens Park Rangers 1, Nottingham Forest 1. Jack Colback (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.

  9. Post update

    Attempt missed. Lyndon Dykes (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is too high. Assisted by Luke Amos.

  10. Post update

    Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Robert Dickie.

  11. Post update

    Corner, Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Moses Odubajo.

  12. Booking

    Stefan Johansen (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

  13. Post update

    Alex Mighten (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  14. Post update

    Foul by Stefan Johansen (Queens Park Rangers).

  15. Post update

    Attempt missed. Lyndon Dykes (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Stefan Johansen following a fast break.

  16. Post update

    Djed Spence (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  17. Post update

    Foul by Chris Willock (Queens Park Rangers).

  18. Substitution

    Substitution, Queens Park Rangers. Luke Amos replaces Ilias Chair.

  19. Post update

    Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Max Lowe.

  20. Post update

    Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Ryan Yates.

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109 comments

  • Comment posted by Paul, at 00:45 30 Oct 2021

    The parachute payments are destroying the championship. Nobody can compete with the teams getting relegated with a nice 100 million in the bank. Only way Forest or QPR could get up is by getting lucky in the playoffs. Really sad state of affairs.

    • Reply posted by mark, at 00:51 30 Oct 2021

      mark replied:
      https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44980113

      Maybe to soon for QPR

  • Comment posted by TheMiller, at 06:03 30 Oct 2021

    Great game - Forest really have turned their season round!

  • Comment posted by garry Fensom , at 01:07 30 Oct 2021

    Done by shocking referee again if it had been a boxing match would have been stopped in first half

    • Reply posted by Superwolves, at 03:05 30 Oct 2021

      Superwolves replied:
      'Shocking' would be a compliment! He hardly got a thing right all night including before kick-off. He must be on the short list to be promoted to the Prem!

  • Comment posted by malstarr, at 06:59 30 Oct 2021

    Just a neutral observer and with Cooper as manager Forest are going places, if not this season then certainly next.

    • Reply posted by KR, at 07:09 30 Oct 2021

      KR replied:
      Forest used to be a big club. Give it 20 years and the likes of Man Unt and Arsenal will be where Forest are now and within the world of football obscurity.

  • Comment posted by NottsKiwi, at 00:40 30 Oct 2021

    That's 2 games in a row we've been mugged off by the ref. Admittedly, Fulham were way more clinical than us, but the ref had a mare, and tonight he denied us 1 stonewall, and 1 probable penalty... When will VAR make its way to the Championship?

    • Reply posted by MarktheHorn, at 00:46 30 Oct 2021

      MarktheHorn replied:
      VAR isn’t exactly faultless either !

  • Comment posted by Ramsgate red, at 10:14 30 Oct 2021

    Great game, great atmosphere (in the away end anyway), awful refereeing again, but hey ho, another point gained, Stevie Coopers red and white army!, just a word on my fellow Forest fans at the game, nearly 3,000 for a Friday night game that's live on the TV too, absolutely outstanding 👏👏

    • Reply posted by Crumpy247, at 14:16 30 Oct 2021

      Crumpy247 replied:
      You were quieter than usual until the goal. Draw a fair result mind

  • Comment posted by horsieclippityklopp, at 09:30 30 Oct 2021

    Forest will feel aggrieved definitely as better team overall and should have had at least 1 pen. Refereeing is not good enough in championship when you consider the rewards on offer and the value of the play offs and promotion which will be affected by results during the season....Time for VAR to at least get key decisions right !

    • Reply posted by Salbor, at 10:00 30 Oct 2021

      Salbor replied:
      Two doses of poor refereeing in one week underlines your point to a T. It really isn't good enough though the national media does not do enough for Championship level. Its only concerned with the PL.

  • Comment posted by Paul, at 00:31 30 Oct 2021

    Up the mighty red army!

  • Comment posted by john, at 09:43 30 Oct 2021

    Great to see more attacking ‘ball on the ground ‘ football being played by Forest.
    QPR played much better in the second half changing their formation causing problems and a draw was a fair result.
    Standard of football by both teams a great advert for championship football

    • Reply posted by Crumpy247, at 14:17 30 Oct 2021

      Crumpy247 replied:
      Well said and I agree from an rs fan. Good luck for the rest of the season

  • Comment posted by red ted, at 01:17 30 Oct 2021

    The plan for Forest is to try and build a young team to challenge for promotion, and stay at The City Ground. Which is impossible when you have a few good players, the big spenders come a sniffing!.

    • Reply posted by duncan brownley, at 08:59 30 Oct 2021

      duncan brownley replied:
      That's how it's been at Forest for a while as you may know.

      We had an amazing Youth Academy of which Paul Hart over seen many years ago.

      Yes young players come through the ranks and when the carrot is dangled in front of them for more money or chance to advance they take it.

      Also we have owners who just want some finance back so selling these lads they get some money back too.

  • Comment posted by pete, at 06:30 30 Oct 2021

    Fair result from two sides I would place at around the same level now. Both good going forward but leaky at the back! It's great to see a forest side who score last minute instead if conceding!!

  • Comment posted by RTG, at 08:21 30 Oct 2021

    Thought Forest played really well first half, one definite penalty and possibly another. Final third ball has not been great, as it wasn't against Bristol. QPR are a good championship side . Second half more even. The chance of promotion to the Premier league seems more limited due to parachute payments.

    • Reply posted by Irons, at 09:17 30 Oct 2021

      Irons replied:
      I get the need for parachute payments because without them clubs could be in serious trouble
      The issue is the money in football needs distributing more fairly so clubs don't need parachute payment and there is not such a gulf between the prem and the championship

  • Comment posted by None, at 10:10 30 Oct 2021

    Interesting that some rules apply for the Premiership and some for the Championship, Johansen taking out the Forest lad Mighten so late it was in the last game would have been straight red if it was a Premiership game.

    • Reply posted by Mark Birtles, at 10:46 30 Oct 2021

      Mark Birtles replied:
      It’s not been called the “Premiership” for donkeys years

  • Comment posted by Chris, at 09:13 30 Oct 2021

    When will referees be taken to task for poor performances? In any other job, if you make lots of mistakes you get punished. Referees seemed to be immune and can make loads of mistakes, Forest should have had one definite penalty and one possible penalty.

    • Reply posted by ecky thumper, at 10:38 30 Oct 2021

      ecky thumper replied:
      I don't suppose that players make any mistakes whatsoever. If referees made as many mistakes as the players then you just might have a point

  • Comment posted by Mark Birtles, at 10:44 30 Oct 2021

    We were robbed. That ref is absolute garbage 🔴⚪️

  • Comment posted by Rock on, at 11:21 30 Oct 2021

    Well played Forest..but sadly another opportunity missed to consolidate a play off position...

  • Comment posted by Weirdside Wally, at 00:24 30 Oct 2021

    should just cut out the 45mins in each half and stick to added time only
    it's when the fun starts

  • Comment posted by GrammarFreak, at 16:00 30 Oct 2021

    The Parachute Payments make it harder and harder, but not impossible....Huddersfield 5 years ago, and Brentford last year stand out as clubs that reached the money league after 50 years in the lower leagues and with little money. It can be done. But this season, it's looking like WBA, Bournemouth and Fulham - all with huge PL payments in their coffers.

  • Comment posted by SIX IN A ROW, at 10:51 30 Oct 2021

    Great

  • Comment posted by Ex-Pro, at 00:24 30 Oct 2021

    I looked, didn't see any mention of it though.

    Did either teams fans sing Ole's at the wheel?

    • Reply posted by Paul, at 00:34 30 Oct 2021

      Paul replied:
      Guys go easy on Ole we don’t want him sacked rofl

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