Norwich 1-1 QPR
Last weekend saw both Norwich and QPR embarrassed as they each suffered humiliating 5-0 defeats. This weekend they played each other as they both tried to get their season's off to a positive start following their opening day nightmares.
It took only 11 minutes for the deadlock to be broken as Norwich completed a genuinely fantastic move thanks to a Simeon Jackson and it looked as if we could have another goal fest on our hands. Sadly for Norwich their lead lasted just 8 minutes as they conceded a controversial penalty for a foul on Frenchman Djibril. Whilst the penalty it's self was saved excellently by John Ruddy the Norwich keeper couldn't keep out the follow up by Bobby Zamora.
At 1-1 after just 19 minutes it looked like we were going to have another goal fest but sadly neither team could find the back of the net. Norwich did however come close to bagging another goal with Robert Green making a fine save in the first half whilst the bar came to QPR's rescue late in the second half. After last weekend's fixture's it's fair to say that both teams are just happy to secure their first point of the season and put their 5-0 losses behind them, however Norwich certainly looked to be the better team here.
Norwich's manager Chris Hughton has every right to feel aggrieved by QPR's penalty which appeared to be a poor decision by the often criticised Mark Clattenburg however Norwich had the chances to score a second and couldn't manage it. They were have excellent in Midfield with some genuinely delightful passages of play that oddly looked like Arsenal or Spain, with great movement, fantastic short balls and some eye catching 1-touch passing. At the heart of the attacks was summer signing Robert Snodgrass who looked to be instrumental in much of Norwich's attacking play.
QPR's Mark Hughes will be glad his team have gotten a point though probably feels slightly lucky that not were they given a penalty but encroachment by Zamora wasn't spotted by the referee. He should feel lucky that Norwich didn't manage finish off one of their chances as they created a number of them. QPR are a clear work in progress, though the two big questions are "will Hughes be there long enough to finish?" and "How long will they take to gel?" Having brought in a number of new players over summer it could be a while before we see just how good this QPR team can be.
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