Before playing Luton Town on Monday, QPR will return to action in the middle of the week against Watford. In their 1-1 draw with Norwich City on Sunday afternoon, QPR might have suffered yet another injury setback as Marti Cifuentes continues to manage a thin first team roster.
After a poor performance at Swansea City on Boxing Day, the R’s recovered and gained a point at Carrow Road.
With only a few minutes remaining, Marcelino Nunez cancelled off an own goal by Ante Crnac in the first half injury time.
Lucas Andersen played just 58 minutes before being pulled off the field, making it his second Championship start since the loss to Leeds United at the beginning of November.
“It appears that he felt his calf in the same action,” Cifuentes said on the club’s social media channel following the game.
We must evaluate and observe the results. I am unable to provide you with a precise response.
Although it’s unclear if Andersen will miss any time due to injury, symptoms of a strained muscle would undoubtedly indicate that he will be out of commission for a while.
It comes as fixtures roll around fast with QPR facing Watford on Wednesday before the arrival of Luton Town on Monday, January 6.
Cifuentes has already suffered new setbacks with the loss of defenders Steve Cook and Liam Morrison during the holiday season. The Catalan coach expressed his sadness at losing the former, who is the club captain, in particular. Cifuentes compliments QPR’s “personality” In response to the game against Norwich, Cifuentes acknowledged the club’s current injury situation, saying: “Mixed feelings.
We performed at a good level in the first half and the guys showed big personality, as we asked them. It was important for us to recover from a subpar performance against Swansea, and I believe the guys did.”
“They showed a lot of commitment, and that’s why we are disappointed. It’s hard to be critical of the guys with the way they worked.” “We’re disappointed with the way we conceded, but, to be fair, Norwich deserved the equalizer because they were pushing and creating chances.” “We took the lead by halftime, and the second half was definitely not what we wanted. We started to drop lower. Sometimes that’s part of the game, but I think we dropped too early in the second half.”
Given the number of injuries we are suffering, the difficulties we are facing—two games in a short period of time, lengthy travel, and an early kickoff—I want to give the men credit. It’s not simple. I am encouraged by the boys’ work ethic.”
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