Johnson: Red card spoiled game
Bristol City manager Gary Johnson felt the dismissal of QPR's Emmanuel Ledesma put paid to their chances of victory in Saturday's 1-1 draw.
The visitors had winger Emmanuel Ledesma sent off for a second yellow card early in the second half, but showed great resilience to hold out under heavy pressure.
Johnson said: "I would have preferred it if Rangers had kept 11 players on the field. After the sending-off they got nine men behind the ball and closed all the gaps.
"We had one great chance when Dele Adebola's header brought a fantastic save, but we probably didn't create enough decent opportunities."
Rangers boss Iain Dowie felt Ledesma was unlucky to pick up his first booking for throwing the ball away at the award of a throw-in.
"Their player deliberately jumped out of the way of the ball to make it look worse than it was," said Dowie. "After that Emmanuel showed his inexperience with a silly tackle to get himself sent off.
"I thought our defending from then on was outstanding. We know we have quality players, but you also need resilience in the Championship.
"In that respect I'm more pleased with this point than our home victory over Doncaster. Bristol City are a very good side and will be up there challenging again."
Rangers took an 18th-minute lead through the determination of striker Dexter Blackstock, who held off Louis Carey and evaded a lunge from goalkeeper Adriano Basso before shooting home from close range while grounded.
The equaliser came seven minutes later when Brian Wilson retrieved a ball that looked to be going out of play and crossed from the left for Adebola to shoot home from six yards.
The other main talking point was the fantastic save by Rangers goalkeeper Radek Cerny two minutes from time when he somehow got down at the foot of a post to keep out Adebola's powerful header.
The striker held his head in disbelief, but City only had themselves to blame for not making their man advantage tell.
They dominated possession after Ledesma's dismissal but came up against a brick wall in a heavily-manned Rangers rearguard.
