QPR 0 Swansea 5: Swans rip Rangers to shreds with Michu and Dyer at the fore

If we did not know what new Swansea manager Michael Laudrup was bringing to the Premier League we do now - brilliant bargains.

For QPR manager Mark Hughes, who has spent considerably more, this was total humiliation.
Two-goal Michu and the elegant Chico Flores made a mockery of their £2million price tags and looked worth 10 times as much as they cost Swansea.

Magic man: Swansea's Miguel Michu (right) celebrates the first goal of the 2012-13 season

Marvellous: Michu set Loftus Road on fire

MATCH FACTS

QPR: Green, Onuoha, Ferdinand, Hill (Wright-Phillips 64), Da Silva, Taarabt, Park, Diakite (Derry 86), Hoilett, Mackie, Cisse (Johnson 77). Subs not used: Murphy, Nelsen, Dyer, Zamora.

Booked: Fabio, Diakite

Swansea: Vorm, Rangel, Williams, Chico, Taylor, De Guzman (Augustien 70), Michu (Gower 84), Britton, Dyer (Sinclair 77), Graham, Routledge. Subs not used: Cornell, Tate, Moore, Richards, Tremmel.

Scorers: Michu 8, 53, Dyer 63, 71, Sinclair 81

Booked: Rangel, De Guzman.

Referee: Lee Probert.

Attendance: 18,072.

Playing behind Danny Graham, Michu found all the space he required to cause havoc in QPR's disorganised defence.

His first goal after just eight minutes owed much to a confident run by Wayne Routledge and even more to a hopeless flap from a clueless Robert Green.

But there was nothing Green could do about Michu's second, which came from an exquisite touch. His curled strike temporarily flew outside Green's post then came back in again in good time to take Swansea clear.

At the back, Flores had tidied up after Michel Vorm's save from Jamie Mackie.

And Michu's fellow Spaniard was composure and comfort on the ball personified.

Indeed, Flores could be one of the Premier League's most impressive defensive finds this season. Weaving everything together was Jonathan de Guzman, a midfielder on loan from Villarreal.

Rout: Swansea were rampant

 

QPR were hopeless. Both Michu and Flores hit the bar as Green looked less and less interested in dominating his area.

In front of him, QPR's defence looked no more competent. Clint Hill missed his 63rd-minute interception and allowed an under-hit pass from Routledge to find Nathan Dyer.

Cue Swansea's third. And Dyer was able to slot another within eight minutes thanks to a much better pass from Kemy Agustien.

Blunder: Green made a bad start to life in west London, conceding the opening goal after eight minutes

Three and easy: Nathan Dyer - who also got a double - makes it 3-0 to the visitors with a cool side-foot effort

QPR fans had begun to leave by then, so some were spared the sight of Michu setting up Scott Sinclair for what might be his last goal for Swansea.

Of his super signings, Laudrup said: 'Chico and Jonathan worked with me at Mallorca, it's about knowing people and knowing the personality of the player.

'But there are huge economic problems in Spain. You can get a lot of quality for a reasonable amount in Spain right now.

Change in fortunes: QPR chief Tony Fernandes (left) having a laugh... but he wasn't smiling later (below)

Big fall: Like Junior Hoilett (above), Mark Hughes's QPR will be stunned by their demolition at the hands of Swansea

Off the pace: Adel Taarabt and his colleagues will need to step it up after this embarrassing opening day defeat

'But nobody could have dreamed of this score, I'm very pleased for the players.' But he also warned: 'There could be bad days, weeks, maybe even a bad month to come, but when we get a result like this we must use it for the future.'
As for QPR, Hughes said: 'I think Ji-sung Park was one of the positives for us. His energy was important, but there weren't too many supporting him today.

'We weren't able to build any kind of team performance, but maybe it is better that this happened now so there are no false pretences.'

Boo boys: Michu - who hit two goals on his Swansea debut - celebrates in front of seething QPR fans

Good to be back? QPR new boy Park Ji-sung was first out of the tunnel since completing his move from Manchester United

Good start: Michael Laudrup will be pleased with his introduction to life at Swansea