Leeds came back from two down to rescue a point in a 2-2 draw at QPR. Goals against the run of play by Koki Saito and Steve Cook put the home side, who had lost their previous four matches, into a surprise lead. But Morgan Fox’s own goal gave the visitors a much-needed boost before the interval and Jayden Bogle equalised soon after the restart.
Rangers ended the match with 10 men after Saito was sent off in stoppage time for a studs-up challenge on Dan James.
Leeds were on the front foot from the opening whistle but went behind on 17 minutes. After Saito cut in from the left past Bogle, Brendon Aaronson intercepted the ball near the edge of his own area but his attempted pass to Bogle instead rolled back to Saito, who unleashed a terrific first-time strike into the far corner of the net.
Worse followed for Leeds on the half-hour mark, when Paul Smyth’s right-wing cross was headed in off the post by Cook from near the penalty spot. The deficit was reduced 10 minutes later. After nice interplay near the edge of the area, Manor Solomon laid the ball in from the left to Junior Firpo, who tried to nudge it past keeper Paul Nardi but instead it deflected in off the unfortunate Fox.
Rangers players protested, believing Bogle, who would have been offside, had got the final touch at the far post, but the right-back did not make contact with the ball.
Daniel Farke made a change at half-time, replacing Aaronson with Willy Gnonto and Gnonto helped to set up the goal that hauled the visitors level six minutes into the second half. His clever pass played in James on the right and the Welshman’s cross deflected off Fox towards Solomon, who was denied by Nardi at point-blank range, but Bogle was on hand to tuck away the loose ball.
Mihailo Ivanovic’s stoppage-time penalty snatched a 1-0 victory for Millwall against struggling Stoke. The match at The Den was lacking in quality for the most part, with neither side doing enough to justify winning it, but Ivanovic gave it a dramatic finish it did not deserve in the fourth minute of additional time.
It took 40 minutes for either team to have a shot on target, but Joe Bryan’s effort for Millwall from just outside the box was one that was easily fielded by the Stoke goalkeeper, Viktor Johansson.
The game did come to life in the second half but just when it looked as though the match was petering out, Millwall were awarded a penalty in stoppage time when Ben Wilmot was judged to have held back Josh Coburn from Wes Harding’s long throw.
Up stepped Ivanovic and the Serbian calmly sent Johansson the wrong way to win it for the Lions.
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Source: theguardian.com
