Doncaster Rovers 1 Crystal Palace 1: Coppinger earns Rovers draw

The former Sheffield United boss confirmed reports that QPR had contacted Palace with a view to making the 61-year-old their fifth manager of the season. But, having watched Kieran Djilali cancel out James Coppinger's first-half opener, Warnock was coy when asked if there had been any developments.

"Nothing has changed," he said. "Until I am told any differently I have a job to do and it is a difficult job."

The Palace boss was more effusive when discussing two second-half refereeing decisions – both of which left Rovers manager Sean O'Driscoll scratching his head.

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First, Clint Hill only received a yellow card when he, as the last defender, appeared to haul Billy Sharp to the ground 25 yards out with the scores tied at 1-1.

"I thought the referee was excellent," he said, having watched a repeat of the incident on tape. "He (Sharp) knocked the ball miles. It couldn't have been a goal-scoring opportunity.

"If it had been a younger ref he could have given him red."

Warnock went on to describe Jordon Mutch's appeals for a stoppage-time penalty against Nick Carle as "embarrassing".

O'Driscoll disputed both verdicts: "I think Neil has got out of jail with a few decisions. The one with Hill on Sharp, I can't believe. He has Sharp in a bear-hug. The fella should have been sent off. That's the rules."

Doncaster: Sullivan; O'Connor, Ward, Hird, Chambers; Wilson (Shiels 90), Oster (Mutch 83), Coppinger, Roberts; Hayter (Emmanuel-Thomas 76), Sharp. Unused substitutes: Smith, Dumbuya, Guy, Spicer.

Crystal Palace: Speroni; Clyne, Davis (Hills 6), Lawrence, Hill; Carle, Derry, Djilali (Andrew 90), Ambrose, Butterfield, Lee. (Ertl 46). Unused substitutes: Manns, Scannell, Comley, N'Diaye.

Referee: Neil Swarbrick (Lancashire).

Man of the match: James Coppinger.

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