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Rogers doubled Villa’s lead with a smart low finish, having given the City defence the slip in the first half before speeding clear and unselfishly feeding Jhon Duran to open the scoring.
This was the first-ever Premier League game in which Rogers has both scored and assisted. It was his fourth strike of the season, and his eighth in 28 league matches for Villa.
Those are not prolific numbers, but
Plymouth Argyle’s highly-rated forward Morgan Whittaker will miss the rest of the year after a foot injury.
Last season’s top scorer limped off in the second half of last month’s 2-2 draw with Luton Town.
The 23-year-old was named in last season’s Championship team of the season and was the subject of a bid from Italian giants Lazio last January.
He is the latest Argyle player to be ruled out
QPR boss Marti Cifuentes, speaking to BBC Radio London:
“Not the result we wanted. We’re here to win games and it’s only a draw.
“Especially the way we started the game, you can say it’s a positive reaction from the team.
“We start losing after three minutes and Ken (Paal) gets injured.
“We have been creating a lot of chances, what has been missing is in the final third, that’s
Gibbs-White, who joined Forest from Wolves in a deal which could rise to £42.5m in 2022, was speaking to BBC Football Focus last week, shortly after being sent off in the 2-2 draw at Brighton.
Gibbs-White and boss Nuno Espirito Santo have since been charged by the Football Association for acting in an improper manner and allegedly using abusive and insulting language towards match officials.
He conceded he could see
Speaking after that game, Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp said Rogers was “the outstanding midfield player by a long way” and compared his powerful running to that of a New Zealand rugby union legend.
“Not many players of his size possess that amount of skill, pace and power and it’s so difficult to stop,” said ex-Liverpool and England midfielder Redknapp.
“He was unplayable. Sometimes when he picked the ball up
Morgan Whittaker says being a regular starter was one of the main reasons he chose to stay at Plymouth Argyle over the summer.
The 23-year-old scored 20 goals last season and was one of just two players from sides in the bottom half of the table to make the 2023-24 Championship team of the season.
It led to multi-million pound bids from a number of clubs, including Burnley, to try
The winger, who started his career at Derby, signed from Swansea last summer and opened his account for this campaign in the 1-1 draw at QPR last weekend.
Speaking before the second bid was made, Plymouth manager Wayne Rooney called the first offer “laughable”.
“We received a bid and it was absolutely miles away from what we would even consider, it was laughable really,” Rooney said.
“If a club really
Rooney already knows Whittaker – he played alongside him when the Derby County academy product was coming through the ranks at Pride Park before going on to be his manager at the Rams.
The former England captain, who took over as Argyle boss in May, rates Whittaker highly.
“He’s a fantastic player as we saw last season, but he’s a really good human being as well,” Rooney added.
“After Covid