Swansea goalkeeper Dorus de Vries is stretchered off with a broken jaw

Swansea maintained their unbeaten home record against Queens Park Rangers but had to do it with defender Alan Tate acting as a makeshift goalkeeper.

Stopper Dorus de Vries suffered a suspected broken jaw on 26 minutes after a challenge from Martin Rowlands that saw the QPR captain booked.

With no replacement on the bench it meant Tate was handed the task of replacing the injured Dutchman.

But QPR were unable to muster any real threat to test Tate between the sticks.

De Vries was set to undergo an operation on Wednesday and is expected to be out for between five and seven weeks.

Swansea manager Roberto Martinez:
"It was the most one-sided 0-0 you will see in the Championship.

"The performance in many, many areas was outstanding.

"The points will come if we keep playing like this. I am taking a lot of positives out of this performance.

"I don't think the player (Rowlands) is a malicious player. When the ball is there, you are allowed to challenge for the ball.

"But when you hit a goalkeeper on the face, it's avoidable."

Queens Park Rangers manager Iain Dowie:

"I thought it was a ball Martin Rowlands was entitled to go for.

"I'm pleased with the point but not the performance, we didn't do nowhere near the things we do well normally, we didn't pass the ball with any conviction.

"We were never going to test their keeper without passing the ball."

Swansea: De Vries (Tate 27), Williams, Painter, Monk, Rangel, Bodde, Britton, Pratley, Gower, Gomez (Butler 90), Scotland.
Subs Not Used: Brandy, Tudur-Jones, Pintado.

QPR: Cerny, Delaney, Stewart, Hall, Ramage (Connolly 80), Mahon, Leigertwood, Rowlands (Parejo 59), Cook (Ledesma 65), Blackstock, Buzsaky.
Subs Not Used: Balanta, Cole.

Booked: Rowlands, Delaney, Buzsaky, Leigertwood, Stewart, Connolly.

Att: 13,475

Ref: Tony Bates (Staffordshire).

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