Frustrated Hughes admits QPR were not good enough
QPR boss Mark Hughes bemoaned his team’s sloppy first-half performance following their defeat at West Brom.
Graham Dorrans hit the winner for Albion with a fine strike but was afforded plenty of time and space to try his luck.
It was all a far cry from Wednesday’s great win over Swansea and leaves Rangers relying on their home form to keep them in the top flight.
“In the first half we didn’t put enough pressure on West Brom – possibly as a consequence of our efforts in midweek,” said Hughes.
“We gave them too much time and space and were a little bit slow getting out to the lad when he scored the goal.
“Everyone understands the importance of not conceding when you’re the away side. You need to do the fundamentals and disappoint the crowd.
“But we probably gave them too much encouragement. They probably enjoyed themselves in the first half.
“What we produced wasn’t good enough. West Brom were able to win the game and we didn’t push them well enough.
“In the second half we were better and had more possession, but we didn’t make the most of the situations we created.”
Victories in their two remaining home matches, against Tottenham and Stoke, could well be enough to keep Rangers up.
But Hughes warned: “We can’t just wait and think our home form will be enough. We need to and talked about improving our away form and today was an opportunity to pick up points.
“The frustration is that we hit great levels like we did against Swansea and in isolation, but we don’t maintain it.”
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