Redknapp hails Green’s wonder save

QPR 2 Burnley 0

Rob Green’s “world-class” save sparked Saturday’s 2-0 victory over Burnley and keeps QPR “in the hunt” for Premier League safety, according to boss Harry Redknapp.

Green tipped George Boyd’s swerving first-half piledriver onto the post at Loftus Road, before Rangers sealed victory through goals from Leroy Fer and Charlie Austin.

Austin scored the winner and was sent off for two yellow cards in a frenetic four-minute spell.

It was his side’s third win in seven games, and victory on Saturday lifted Rangers out of the relegation zone.

“Rob Green was excellent, fantastic: that save from Boyd, I was right behind it, and that was top corner all the way,” said Redknapp.

“As soon as he hit it I said ‘that’s in’, so how he’s got his fingertips to that I don’t know, it’s an amazing save.

“He’s a great keeper and a great pro, fantastic person.

“It’s a very important win: it keeps us in the hunt, and every three points is important. If at the start of the week you’d said to me we could take six points from these three games, especially beating Leicester and Burnley, they are massive wins for us.

Redknapp absolved striker Austin of any real blame for his red card, that came courtesy of a late tackle on Kieran Trippier and then a leading arm in an aerial challenge with Michael Keane.

The former Spurs’ boss also hailed 35-year-old centre-back Richard Dunne.

Redknapp admitted his players were shocked into action at half-time after realising only a sharp lift in performance would stave off defeat.

“I thought Richard Dunne was fantastic, I thought his performance again, under pressure: he has been amazing,” said Redknapp.

“I can’t tell you just how good he was. Every ball he stuck his head on, every time there was someone to boot it away it was Dunney.

“I thought he was amazing today again.

Burnley boss Sean Dyche admitted his side failed to sustain the “clinical” edge that had drawn eight points from their previous four games.

“There’s a tinge of disappointment, but it’s still a tough game against a very experienced side,” said Dyche.

QPR: Green, Isla, Caulker, Dunne, Yun, Vargas, Barton, Henry, Fer, Austin, Zamora.

BURNLEY: Heaton, Trippier, Keane, Shackell, Mee, Boyd, Marney, Jones, Arfield, Barnes, Ings.

Referee: Jon Moss.