QPR boss Marti Cifuentes admitted his side paid the price for not scoring during a lively start in their 3-1 defeat at home to Hull.Tigers goalkeeper Ivor Pandur made three superb saves before first-half goals from Cody Drameh and Christian Bedia put the visitors 2-0 up.Nicolas Madsen pulled a goal back for Rangers with a penalty shortly before the interval, but Liam Millar’s second-half goa

Caretaker Cardiff manager Omer Riza summed up the overriding sense of relief after ending the worst league start in the club’s 125-year history.Championship basement boys Cardiff won their first league game of the season at the eighth attempt with a 1-0 win over Millwall at the Cardiff City Stadium.Perry Ng scored only the third league goal of the season for Cardiff, who are now bottom of th

Bolton boss Ian Evatt felt his side were back to their best during Tuesday’s 4-2 victory over Northampton.Bolton dominated from the moment John McAtee fired them into a sixth-minute lead, with George Thomason making it two midway through the first half.Eoin Toal added a third after the break and Dion Charles scored a fourth before stoppage-time headers from Tom Eaves and Jon Guthrie gave Nor

Birmingham manager Chris Davies insisted his strikers will not worry about missing chances after they beat Huddersfield 1-0 at St Andrew’s.Alfie May’s 63rd-minute tap-in made it seven straight league wins to go five points clear at the top of League One against a team relegated with them in May.May’s fifth goal of the season, set up by striker partner Jay Stansfield, made it Blue

Pep Guardiola picked out a number of players for praise after his Manchester City team eased to a 4-0 Champions League victory over Slovan Bratislava.Early goals from Ilkay Gundogan and Phil Foden set the 2023 winners on course for a comfortable victory in Slovakia before second-half efforts from Erling Haaland and James McAtee added gloss to Tuesday’s scoreline.Foden’s contribution in

Burton head coach Mark Robinson apologised to the club’s travelling supporters after his side’s poor display in their 3-1 League One defeat at Reading.A Chem Campbell double gave the Royals a 2-0 half-time lead, which Sam Smith turned into 3-0 in the 82nd minute before Danilo Orsi’s goal for Albion two minutes later was a mere consolation.In a meagre crowd of just 8,774 at the SC

Peterborough boss Darren Ferguson blamed “schoolboy” defending for his side’s 3-0 defeat at Wigan.On-loan Nottingham Forest striker Dale Taylor opened the scoring inside 11 minutes and, after England Under-21 goalkeeper Sam Tickle somehow denied Posh an instant leveller with a point-blank save from Kwame Poku, Taylor added his second goal four minutes after the restart.Callum McM

Rob Edwards admitted Luton are in a difficult moment after they threw away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Oxford in their Championship clash at Kenilworth Road.Jordan Clark scored early and Tom Krauss went on to double the hosts’ lead in the first half.But Oxford fought back through a long-range strike from Tyler Goodrham on the stroke of half-time and Ruben Rodrigues’ finish early i

Coventry manager Mark Robins hailed his side’s 3-0 win over Blackburn as the Sky Blues ended Rovers’ unbeaten start to the Sky Bet Championship season.Robins’ men had won just one of their seven previous matches this season, but goals from Jake Bidwell, Haji Wright and Brandon Thomas-Asante secured Coventry a much-needed victory.Robins said: “It was a great win, much needed

Mark Kennedy felt his Swindon side showed great character to take a point in a battling 1-1 draw with Tranmere at Prenton Park.The Robins came from a goal down to snatch a valuable point as their wait for a first away win of the season continues.Kennedy said: “I thought the result was very positive for a number of reasons.“Clearly you’re always disappointed to go a goal down in a