Crucial first win pleases Redknapp

Queens Park Rangers boss Harry Redknapp believes that his side had to win their home clash with Fulham to stand any chance of escaping from the Premier League dropzone.

Two goals from Adel Taarabt gave the home side a crucial victory at Loftus Road, the first since Redknapp was drafted in to try and engineer a great escape and the club's first of the league season.

The result also lifted the R's off the foot of the table, although they are still five points adrift of safety and 8/13 to be relegated - with rock-bottom Reading 2/9 and Sunderland 5/2.

Afterwards, a relieved Redknapp said: "At least it keeps us in there, if we hadn't won today it would have been absolutely desperate.

"It is going to be tough, we are not going to kid ourselves, but we have had one win and we are on a good run, we have had four games and taken six points.

"If you can take six points from every four games you will stay up - hopefully that can kick-start our season now and keep us going."

Next up for Rangers is a key trip to fellow strugglers Newcastle United next Saturday, with the Magpies currently only outside the bottom three by two points.

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