Warburton hails Amos after thumping QPR win

Mark Warburton was delighted for Luke Amos after the fit-again midfielder played a starring role in QPR’s 4-0 thrashing of Reading.

The former Tottenham man, who recently battled back from the second long-term knee injury of his career, scored a fine goal and hit the post in a resounding Rangers win.

Manager Warburton said: “He’s played in the Premier League for Spurs and then had two cruciate injuries. That could destroy many players, but he’s come back.

“He puts a lot of pressure on himself and has a weight on his shoulders sometimes – one loose pass and he’s kicking himself because he wants to do well. That’s his desire.

“Today the message to Luke was just to go and play and enjoy it – enjoy being a good player, which is what he is.

“He won tackles, broke forward, got a goal and hit the post. It was an all-action performance, which he’s capable of.

“There’s a really good player there and as long as he believes in how good he can be and enjoys playing football we’ll benefit from that.”

The result made it five wins and a draw from fourth-placed Rangers past six matches.

And it left them just two points behind second-placed Blackburn with a game in hand.

But Warburton said: “Just ignore the noise; never too high and never too low.

“We’re in a good position and the boys have worked hard to get there. But there are still a lot of games left and a lot of points to play for.”