Harry Redknapp says QPR's shock win at Chelsea shows they'll not sleep
Harry Redknapp mirrored on one among the best and most exhilarating results of his long career as his Queens Park Rangers team beat Chelsea 1-0 at Stamford Bridge to fireside their hopes of avoiding relegation and probably deal the fatal blow to their west London rivals' hopes of winning the Premier League title.
QPR had not won at Chelsea for thirty years and also the last time they beat Chelsea by this scoreline within the league was in Gregorian calendar month 2011 – an event that will amendment the landscape of English soccer. John Terry's racial abuse of Anton Ferdinand was the prompt for a sequence of events that saw European country lose their captain and their manager, and also the magistrates court and a soccer Association commission get involved.
This result won't have a similar wrecking ball capability however Redknapp hopes that it may function the criterion for his club mounting off rock bottom of the table to safety and Rafael Benítez, his Chelsea counterpart, virtually admitted that the title had got rid of of reach. "We need to do everything virtually good currently if we're about to cut back it back," Benítez same.
Redknapp's emotions contrasted sharply. "I same to Joe Jordan [the QPR assistant manager] that i am unable to keep in mind having several higher wins than this one," he said. "To return here against a team WHO ar completely flying and on the rear of our losses to Liverpool and West Brom ... it absolutely was simply a good result.
"You hope this may be a turning purpose. it's the primary away win [in twenty four league matches] thus let's hope we are able to devolve on that. there's still a protracted thanks to go however it's encouraging. we have a tendency to had an honest meeting when the Liverpool game on Sunday. i feel I convinced the players that we are able to not sleep.
"I same that on Sunday and everyone most likely thought i used to be mad. however I did not return thinking we have a tendency to were doomed and 'What have I done here?' we are able to flip it around ... get this heap operating and improve the squad within the window and that we will offer ourselves an opportunity. Tonight has well-tried that."
Benítez highlighted the strain on his squad, WHO have had to play the busy gala programme on the rear of their trip to Japan last month to contest the Club tourney. He defended his policy of rotation, as he reportable that the goalkeeper, Petr Cech, would be out for "two to a few weeks" with a groin injury and also the captain, Terry, had no come date due to the bone bruising to the knee.
"You may see that some players were somewhat bit tired," Benítez same. "We weren't precise with our passing and did not play with the high tempo we have a tendency to were expecting. At the tip we have a tendency to created a slip and gave them an opportunity. there have been several things that weren't operating for United States.
"I don't have any regrets regarding my choice. within the previous few games [Victor] Moses and Academy Award were taking part in, thus it absolutely was simply Marko Marin WHO was the distinction for this game. we have a tendency to cannot keep twiddling with a similar players each game. And if you are taking part in the team at rock bottom of the table reception, you've got to trust your players. I trust them and thought it might be fine.
"We were distressed regarding being tired, that was the rationale we have a tendency to place out some contemporary legs to stay the tempo of the sport. however QPR were deep, they were waiting to play counter-attack and that we could not keep the tempo. It's troublesome for United States currently as we're taking part in such a lot of games with atiny low cluster of players. you may say nowadays that they could not get to the proper level."
The final word visited Redknapp, WHO is decided to make the type of momentum at QPR that helped him lead Portsmouth, one among his former clubs, to Premier League survival in 2006.
"When you're sitting reception tonight, even the groups with twenty points, they need gone 'This result ain't excellent for United States,'" Redknapp same. "I are there. That has sent many shocks to everyone. we've have to be compelled to create the foremost of it. The atmosphere later on was fantastic. we've have to be compelled to devolve on that currently."