West Ham’s penalty ache prices them prime spot in Championship after QPR draw

The QPR goalkeeper Pierce Charles made a surprising double save from a Jarrod Bowen penalty in stoppage time to safe a 1-1 draw at West Ham. The 21-year-old, who saved 4 clear sheets and saved a penalty for Northern Ireland over the cross-border break, pulled off extra heroics to disclaim the Hammers prime spot within the Championship.

Bowen had already equalised for West Ham, cancelling out a vastly controversial first-half penalty from Nicolas Madsen. But the Hammers captain noticed his spot-kick saved and Charles then one way or the other pushed the rebound from Arne Engels on to the crossbar.

West Ham had been earlier on the flawed finish of a dreadful penalty resolution after Tomas Soucek was penalised for fouling Paul Smyth. Replays confirmed the problem was properly exterior the world and that the Hammers midfielder acquired the ball. A VAR evaluate would have positively overturned referee Ruebyn Ricardo’s resolution however with no know-how within the Championship it stood, to the dismay of the bulk contained in the London Stadium.

The West Ham assistant coach Rui Pedro Silva was booked for his complaints, as was Engels for stamping on the penalty spot, however Madsen saved his cool and calmly rolled the ball into the underside nook.

Rangers virtually doubled their lead from a West Ham nook, mounting a swift counterattack which left recalled striker Rayan Kolli with a capturing alternative 15 yards out, however Mads Hermansen made a high quality save.

Just as he had performed at Millwall final outing along with his facet 2-0 down, the West Ham supervisor, Nuno Espírito Santo, made a double substitution at half-time, sending on Pablo Felipe and Edvin Austbø for Soucek and Kyle Walker-Peters. But Rangers virtually struck once more when Smyth danced previous Konstantinos Mavropanos and into the world, just for the Greek defender to make a vital restoration deal with.

Bowen, properly marshalled by Rangers left-back Boy Kemper, had been enduring a irritating night till he burst into life within the seventieth minute. The England cross-border gained the ball again with a crunching deal with on Ronnie Edwards, incomes himself a bloody nostril within the course of. Pablo performed the ball again to Bowen, who darted into the world and noticed his first shot block earlier than snaffling the rebound.

West Ham went in quest of a winner and Bowen’s scuffed effort regarded destined for the online till Charles flung out a hand to push it previous a publish. Then, because the clock ticked into stoppage time Rangers substitute Amadou Mbengue grabbed a handful of Pablo’s shirt, referee Ricardo pointed to the spot once more, however Charles fantastically denied Bowen and Engels to earn his facet a degree.