Friday 6 November 2015 22:50, UK
Chris Ramsey insists QPR can still mount a promotion push this season despite slipping to a 1-0 west London derby defeat at Brentford.
Austrian striker Marco Djuricin grabbed a second-half winner as the Bees beat their fierce rivals for the first time in 50 years.
It meant another miserable evening for Rangers manager Ramsey, who is already under fire from fans and under pressure from above at Loftus Road following their unconvincing start to the campaign.
But Ramsey could consider himself unfortunate after Massimo Luongo was twice denied by the woodwork in the first half.
"You have to take your chances when you get them and we didn't do that," he said. "When you go away and play in this league you have to play ugly and sometimes we are being too naive.
"We gave the ball away cheaply for their goal, we went for a counter-attack and they ended up scoring.
"The fans want the bragging rights and we feel sorry for them. They gave us support and unfortunately we haven't been able to give them the three points.
"From my point of view, when you are in this seat you have to abide by what the owners want you to do.
"When we get more settled I'm sure we can put a little run together and hopefully be up there."
Luongo found the frame of the goal twice in the space of five minutes before half-time. The Rangers forward nodded a Matt Phillips cross against the crossbar before cutting in from the left wing to fire a low shot across David Button and back off the inside of the far post.
But Brentford grabbed the winner in the 56th minute when Alan Judge broke down the left and drilled a low cross to the edge of the six-yard area where Djuricin tucked the ball home.
The Bees have now won their last four matches under interim head coach Lee Carsley - who still insists he does not want the permanent role.
"It's a big job, we are pushing to be in the Premier League and it's not a first-timer's job," he said.
"I thought it was a great night for us. It was a different build-up in terms of expectation, with QPR being a former Premier League team and the fact we hadn't beaten them for so long.
"It's nights like that that you remember when you retire.
"The main thing has been trying to get the belief back with the lads. They weren't doing themselves justice at the start of the season. But all the things they weren't doing, they are doing now."
