LONDON — Harry Redknapp's first match in charge of Queens Park Rangers ended in a dour 0-0 draw at Sunderland, underlining the size of the task facing the former Tottenham manager at the Premier League's last-place team. QPR remains without a victory after 14 games but is now four points adrift at the foot of the standings after second-bottom Reading lost 1-0 at Aston Villa in another match between two of the division's strugglers. Belgium striker Christian Benteke headed in Villa's winner in the 80th minute, earning his team its third win of the campaign under new manager Paul Lambert. Villa climbed out of the bottom three and is now level on points with Sunderland. Real routs Alcoyano Real Madrid eased into the fifth round of the Copa del Rey with a 3-0 win over 10-man Alcoyano Tuesday and a 7-1 victory on aggregate over the third-division side. Argentina forward Angel di Maria ran onto a perfectly-timed pass from fellow substitute Karim Benzema to open the scoring in the 72nd minute. Alcoyano's Javi Selvas was sent off a minute later for arguing with the referee about an offside decision, earning him his second yellow card of the game. Jose Callejon then followed up with a goal in the 89th minute and another in injury time. The Santiago Bernabeu meanwhile welcomed winger Denis Cheryshev, who became the first Russian to start a match for Madrid. He was replaced in the 61st minute by Di Maria. Mesut Oezil proved decisive in supplying Callejon with a beautifully-timed pass for his first goal. In other round of 32 matches, Real Betis, Las Palmas, Cordoba, Osasuna and Malaga also went through. Betis beat Valladolid 3-0 and advanced 3-1 on aggregate. A hapless Jesus Rueda scored an own goal in the 87th as Seville followed up its 1-0 win over Real Madrid 1-0 in the league at the weekend. Cordoba went through 4-2 on aggregate after settling for a 2-2 draw with Real Sociedad. Osasuna beat Gijon 2-0 for a 2-1 win on aggregate. Malaga lost 1-0 at home to Cacereno but made it through on the away goals rule after a 4-4 draw on aggregate. Lazio beats Udinese 3-0 Lazio moved back within striking distance of third place and the final Champions League place with a convincing 3-0 win over Udinese in the Italian league Tuesday. Alvaro Gonzalez gave the Rome club the lead in the 17th minute after being set up nicely by Stefano Mauri, who also provided the key pass for Miroslav Klose's goal in the 31st, leaving the German with only the goalkeeper to beat. Hernanes then put the result beyond doubt in the 59th with a curving free kick over Udinese's wall. Lazio's Cristian Ledesma had a penalty saved in the 11th and Udinese captain Antonio Di Natale hit the crossbar in the 16th. Duesseldorf holds Dortmund Defending champion Borussia Dortmund lost more ground in the Bundesliga when it had to settle for a 1-1 draw at home to promoted Fortuna Duesseldorf Tuesday. Bayern Munich visits Freiburg Wednesday and could restore an 11-point lead ahead of Saturday's showdown with Dortmund. Schalke lost 3-1 at Hamburger SV, Mainz beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1 for its first win in Frankfurt and Hannover blanked Greuther Fuerth 2-0. Duesseldorf rallied to clinch the draw with Stefan Reisinger's second goal in two games in the 78th minute. Jakub Blaszczykowski had put Dortmund ahead in the 43rd with a tremendous volley. —Agencies
