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Charles saves late penalty and rebound as QPR draw at West Ham
QPR drew 1-1 away to West Ham in the Championship.
QPR goalkeeper Pierce Charles secured the point with a double save in stoppage time.
He stopped a penalty taken by West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen, then pushed away Arne Engels’ rebound.
West Ham had already equalised through Bowen after Nicolas Madsen put QPR ahead from a first-half penalty.
That penalty was awarded for a challenge replays showed was outside the area, but the Championship has no video review system to overturn the decision.
The draw cost West Ham the chance to move to the top of the Championship.
The match ended level, with no further outcome stated.
QPR goalkeeper Pierce Charles saved Jarrod Bowen’s stoppage-time penalty and Arne Engels’s rebound to secure a 1-1 draw at West Ham.
Bowen had equalised for West Ham in the 70th minute after Nicolas Madsen scored from a first-half penalty for QPR.
The penalty awarded to QPR was controversial, with replays showing Tomas Soucek’s challenge was outside the area and that he got the ball.
Charles’s saves denied West Ham the chance to take top spot in the Championship.
- Who
- QPR and West Ham, with QPR goalkeeper Pierce Charles making the decisive saves.
- What
- The teams drew 1-1. Charles saved a stoppage-time penalty from Jarrod Bowen and the rebound from Arne Engels.
- When
- Friday 9 October 2026.
- Where
- West Ham’s London Stadium.
- Why
- Charles’s double save preserved QPR’s draw and denied West Ham the chance to take top spot in the Championship.
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Nicolas Madsen scored a penalty for QPR after Tomas Soucek was penalised for a challenge on Paul Smyth.
Jarrod Bowen equalised for West Ham after his first shot was blocked.
Pierce Charles saved Bowen’s penalty and then pushed Engels’s rebound on to the crossbar.
- Final score
- West Ham 1-1 QPR
- QPR goalkeeper
- Pierce Charles
- West Ham penalty taker
- Jarrod Bowen
- QPR penalty scorer
- Nicolas Madsen
- Equaliser
- Bowen scored in the 70th minute
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