An early Dimitar Berbatov brace and a Clint Hill own purpose were adequate to secure all three points forAFulham against an established QPR side within an action-packed West London derby, with the Cottagers securing for a 3-2 result. A skilled and regimented Fulham side started the stronger of the two groups, digging out good early odds while maintaining the QPR fighting force from increasing. Their pressure repaid when Christopher Samba was forced into scything down Ashkan Dejagah just inside the QPR penalty area after nine minutes, leaving umpire Lee Probert with little option but to point out the spot. Berbatov walked up and coolly set the ball away past Julio Cesar to provide an important early lead to the house side. Fulham's popularity continued entirely force right from the restart as a lackluster QPR side seemed anxious at the back, and that weakness culminated in a dreadful error from Samba after 22 minutes that talented Berbatov with his second purpose of the game. The major Congolese opponent took too long on the ball and lost possession inside his or her own penalty area, permitting the Bulgarian to liberate in-front of target and calmly side-foot the ball into the bottom part of the web. The cause was then expanded to three objectives with five minutes left to play in the very first half, when, unable to deal with a cross from John Arne Riise, Hill put the ball into the back of his own net with his shoulder. Down 3-0 after only 41 minutes, QPR looked dead and buried, but Taarabt was available to pull a goal back at the conclusion of the initial half with a great solo attempt that ended with him shooting in an unstoppable low chance past an outstretched Mark Schwarzer. Spurred on by Taarabt's goal, QPR started the 2nd half in top gear and was honored with a after 48 minutes when Giorgios Karagounis fouled Taarabt on the side of the penalty area. The spot-kick duty was directed at Loic Remy, but Schwarzer was able to hand the Frenchman's tame energy into the course of Damien Duff who removed the ball from danger. The visitors continued fighting at full power, though, and Remy was able to atone for his neglect when he put his side back into the game only three minutes later with a rocket of an attempt that bounced off the crossbar and over the point. In stark contrast to the first half, QPR remained on the front foot for the remaining of the next half, and things went from bad to worse for Fulham when Steve Sidwell was found a straight red card for a obstacle on Armand Traore with a little more than 10 minutes left to play. Despite a variety of chances, the visitors were unable to capitalize on the one person edge and a clearly nervy home side was able to carry on for the remaining minutes to secure a hard-fought win and refuse QPR an unique and crucial return and keep the club in dreadful trouble to be directed.
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