Queens Park Rangers manager Harry Redknapp [ Images ] had to be content with a point in his first game against former club Tottenham Hotspur [ Images ] on Saturday with a 0-0 draw at Loftus Road lifting the strugglers off the foot of the Premier League.
A point moved Rangers up one place to 19th, although they will sink back again if Reading take a point at home to West Bromwich Albion [ Images ] in a 3:00 p.m. kickoff.
The lunchtime kickoff lacked spark and creativity with third-placed Spurs stifled for long periods, although Rangers keeper Julio Cesar [ Images ] made smart saves in either half to deny Jermain Defoe [ Images ].
Redknapp was sacked by Spurs in June after almost four years in charge at White Hart Lane where he took the club to the Champions League [ Images ] for the first time.
Six other matches are due to kick off at 1500 on Saturday, including fourth-placed Chelsea's [ Images ] visit to Stoke City [ Images ].
Leaders Manchester United [ Images ] host fierce rivals Liverpool on Sunday (1:30 p.m.) before second-placed Manchester City [ Images ], seven points behind Alex Ferguson's [ Images ] side, complete the weekend programme at Arsenal [ Images ] (4:00 p.m.).
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