Middlesbrough 2 Queens Park Rangers 0: match report

By Rob Stewart Published: 5:27PM GMT twenty-seven February 2010

Hitting the spot: Barry Robson struck Middlesbrough"s initial from the chastisement mark Photo: GETTY IMAGES

If Neil Warnock wants an discernment in to the distance of the charge available Queens Park Rangers" new physical education instructor afterwards he should fast familiarise himself with a DVD of this contest.

The Loftus Road bar might be assured of luring Warnock from Crystal Palace but the physical education instructor who has turn a graduation dilettante will have to ready himself for a enlarged relegation wherever in London he decides to work.

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Here at the Riverside, Warnock"s impending new charges done a splendid opening prior to their hopes of easing their own relegation worries were fast out in the space of 6 minutes.

The visitors were all as well simply brushed in reserve by Gordon Strachan"s side whose own play-off aspirations are alive again interjection to dual first-half penalties by Barry Robson who helped Boro browbeat the consequential midfield exchanges.

Rangers attempted to fire themselves in the feet when Kaspars Gorkss appeared to punch Gary O"Neill"s free flog but he was let off the offshoot by the arbitrate and striker Neil Killen who thumped the round over from 6 yards out in the 20th minute.

The visitors roughly capitalised on their propitious shun ten mins after when Jay Simpson surged in to the chastisement box but his rising shot appeared to shave the outward of Danny Coyne"s nearby post.

Rangers were let off the offshoot again when Jeremie Aliadiere was authorised the time and space to collect his mark at the far post following Willo Flood"s cranky but the former Arsenal brazen prior to banishment far-reaching from an mouth-watering position.

The Frenchman was obviously penetrating to make amends earlier rather than after and won a chastisement for his side when he darted goalwards moments after usually to be brought down by former Newcastle defender Peter Ramage.

Barry Robson grabbed the round and fought off the claims of his team-mates such as Aliadiere and Leroy Lita to bump the round true down the center of the idea in to space vacated by Carl Ikeme in the 39th minute.

Rangers" caretaker physical education instructor Mick Harford saw his charges reply impressively and they roughly equalised but Simpson had a rising shot pushed far-reaching by Coyne.

There would be no let-off for Gorkss when he erred again as he pushed over Lita in the chastisement box and was requisitioned prior to Robson crushed home his second chastisement of the afternoon in the 45th minute.

Substitute Adel Taarabt, on loan from Tottenham, roughly halved the necessity in the 72nd notation with a sweetly-struck 20-yarder but Coyne incited his bid far-reaching prior to Boro pennyless brazen and Ikeme denied Lita.

Rangers stranded to their charge and skipper Mikele Leigertwood struck a post late on as Boro sat behind nonetheless Gary O"Neil should have accomplished off a renew but Ikeme came to his side"s rescue.