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Queens Park Rangers of England youngster, Luke Amos made a world of difference for his side against Reading, as The Rs stormed to a stunning victory at home, megasportsarena.com reports.
With Amos is sparkling form, Reading’s agony was compounded in a 4-0 loss, while QPR boosted their promotion hopes and pile more pressure on The Royals’ coach, Veljko Paunovic.
Lyndon Dykes scored twice and there were also goals for Amos and Jimmy Dunne as fourth-placed Rangers made it five wins and a draw from their past six matches.
The victory left the west London side just two points behind second-placed Blackburn with a game in hand, but Reading are struggling near the relegation zone and have now gone nine games without a win.
Their defensive shortcomings were evident again – Paunovic’s team have conceded 55 goals in 28 matches – and the travelling fans angrily chanted for the Serbian to go as the threat of relegation to League One looms.
Rangers went ahead in the 13th minute, somewhat against the run of play, as Amos shrugged off Josh Laurent and delivered a perfect cross from the right for an unchallenged Dykes to head home from the edge of the six-yard box.
Rangers took total control of the game after Dykes’ opener and Amos hit the post with a 25-yard strike before two goals in as many minutes sent the hosts in at half-time three up.
They doubled their lead when Dykes’ header from Albert Adomah’s 35th-minute cross ricocheted into the net off the head of luckless Reading defender Tom Holmes.
Worse followed for the beleaguered visitors when Amos started and finished a QPR counter-attack, galloping almost the length of the pitch to make it three, after which it soon became four.
It is another leap forward for Amos, who was born to Nigerian parents in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, grew up in Stanstead Abbotts and attended The John Warner School.
From a young age, Amos has always wanted to speak another language. He started French lessons while attending The John Warner School.
By age 15, Amos achieved a GCSE A Grade in French, following which he continued to study the language with a tutor thr oughout his scholarship days at Spurs.
As he got closer to the first-team at Tottenham, learning was put on hold but he eventually got the chance to pick the language after sustaining a knee injury in September 2018.
Another chance came when the 2019-20 season was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but his latest impact has come on the football pitch.
QPR’s coach, Mark Warburton said afterwards: “[Amos has] played in the Premier League for Spurs and then had two cruciate injuries.
“That could destroy many players, but he’s come back. He puts a lot of pressure on himself and has a weight on his shoulders sometimes – one loose pass and he’s kicking himself because he wants to do well.
“That’s his desire. Today the message to Luke was just to go and play and enjoy it – enjoy being a good player, which is what he is.
“He won tackles, broke forward, got a goal and hit the post. It was an all-action performance, which he’s capable of.
“There’s a really good player there and as long as he believes in how good he can be and enjoys playing football we’ll benefit from that.”
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