QPR defenders Richard Dunne and Clint Hill clash with travelling fans after Burnley defeat
Sunday 11 January 2015 10:48, UK
Clint Hill and Richard Dunne exchanged angry words with supporters following QPR's latest away defeat at Burnley.
The home side's 2-1 win left QPR in the bottom three, and Rangers have now lost every one of their 10 league games away from Loftus Road this season.
That is a Premier League record, and some travelling fans made their feelings plain as the players approached the away end after the final whistle.
Captain Dunne was filmed reacting angrily while Hill, who has played mroe than 150 games for the club, had to be pulled away by team-mate Joey Barton and coach Glenn Hoddle after becoming involved in a slanging match.
Dunney's a great lad. He didn't go over there to have a row with anyone.
Harry Redknapp afterwards played down the incident, saying: "(Goalkeeping coach) Kevin Hitchcock went over and took Dunney away - Dunney's a great lad...I don't know...someone just got the hump.
"He didn't go over there to have a row with anyone. He went over and started appluding, and someone...I don't know what happened."
Hill did not comment on the row when he spoke to Sky Sports News HQ after the game, but the defender admitted QPR need to improve their away record.
He said: "It’s probably just the little details, probably just a little bounce here and there in the box. We’ve hit the post again today. I don’t think it’s down to a lack of desire.
"I just think it’s that little bit of quality we are lacking and maybe a little bit of luck as well. But obviously the statistics say it is 10 defeats. That’s not great and you can’t rely on your home form.
"We want to rectify that as quick as we can. It’s not nice coming away from home and getting beat. It’s probably one of the hardest leagues in the world to get something away from home but maybe just a point here and there will take the pressure off us at home as well. Sooner rather than later would be great but at the moment we are licking our wounds again.
"It’s not over. I think there are three or four points separating about six or seven teams but obviously you need to nick points away from home. We’ve been strong at home and a little point here and there away from home takes you up another couple of places in the league."
