QPR boss Harry Redknapp’s pitch for play-offs

 
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Giuseppe Muro9 April 2014

Harry Redknapp has given up on automatic promotion after Queens Park Rangers’ 2‑0 defeat at Blackburn.

QPR are 13 points behind second‑placed Burnley with just five games remaining and nine ahead of seventh-placed Brighton.

“We are focused on making the play-offs now,” said Redknapp. “We just need to get a result or two to get us into the play-offs. We have got a big cushion but we need to go on a run to make sure we are heading into the play-offs with momentum.”

QPR, who conceded goals from Rudy Gestede and Tommy Spurr either side of half-time last night, are now without a win in three games and slip below Derby down to fourth.

Redknapp said: “We need a result — and quickly. We are still missing five or six players and that is really hurting us.”

Millwall boosted their survival chances with a crucial 1-0 win at Wigan, who made eight changes ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup semi‑final against Arsenal.

Ian Holloway’s side remain two points from safety but Carlos Edwards’s first-half strike eased their relegation worries.

Holloway said: “Whether Wigan had half an eye on the semi-final I do not know, but you can’t argue with the way we played. I said before that we needed four wins and a draw, and I do not think that has changed.”

Watford kept alive their chances of reaching the play-offs with a 3-0 win against Leeds at Vicarage Road. Goals from Almen Abdi, Ikechi Anya and Troy Deeney leave Beppe Sannino’s side seven points off the top six with a game in hand.

Brentford moved closer to promotion from League One by beating Crawley 1-0 at Griffin Park. Jonathan Douglas scored for the Bees, who are nine points ahead of Rotherham in third.

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