QPR 0-0 Swansea: Hosts stumble in push for the Premier League as Swans ahead Michael Obafemi has late strike dominated out for offside earlier than Flynn Downes sees pink following tangle with Charlie Austin
Late winners have grow to be a Queens Park Rangers trademark in current weeks as their Premier League promotion push gathers actual momentum.
On this event, regardless of loads of perspiration, they simply couldn't discover that second of magic to interrupt down cussed Swansea.
Mark Warburton's aspect didn't fairly do sufficient to clamber above Bournemouth and into third place within the Championship however prolonged their unbeaten run to a sixth recreation in all competitions.
They got here closest when Luke Amos struck the woodwork within the second-half however hardly peppered the Swansea objective and there may very well be few complaints with the stalemate.
The Welsh aspect are seventeenth however have video games in hand on virtually all people above them due to Covid postponements.
Russell Martin is clearly making an attempt to get Swansea enjoying in a horny trend and you may't rule them out of a late play-off surge if they will string some wins collectively.
They ended the competition with 10 males after Flynn Downes was proven a second yellow card for a skirmish with Charlie Austin in stoppage time.
A dreary first-half examined supporter dedication on a cold January night time. QPR tried to manoeuvre the ball into huge areas and Moses Odubajo noticed loads of it on the best flank with out producing an honest cross.
A few of Swansea's passing strikes had been neat and tidy however the killer move so typically evaded them when within the orbit of the Rangers field.
The primary probability of observe took 26 minutes to materialise and Chris Willock's bobbler was gentle work for Swansea keeper Ben Hamer.
Willock did much better when permitted crossing area on the left a couple of minutes later. His whipped supply was inch-perfect for Austin however the often dependable marksman guided his header straight at Hamer from point-blank vary.
Austin was relieved within the circumstances to see the offside flag go up however tv replays confirmed the linesman was incorrect in his judgement. Not that it mattered as Austin couldn't convert anyway.
Swansea began the second-half with intent and David Marshall was troubled for the primary time to the touch Joel Piroe's shot across the put up.
The sport lastly got here to life and down the opposite finish, Amos strolled by means of the Swansea defence on the best however noticed his effort agonisingly come again off the within of the far put up.
Warburton threw on Albert Adomah and Lyndon Dykes in an effort to power a breakthrough and Hamer made a effective save to disclaim Dykes within the closing minutes.
And Swansea momentarily thought they'd snatched it when Michael Obafemi nipped in to fit house solely to look round and see the flag raised for offside.
There was nonetheless time for Swansea's Flynn Downes to obtain a second yellow card in stoppage time for an off the ball tangle with Austin.
