Massimo Luongo reflects on 2-0 Championship defeat at Charlton Athletic on Saturday

Two second-half goals saw off Chris Ramsey’s QPR side at The Valley

Next week, the R’s face Yeovil Town (Capital One Cup) and Cardiff City (league)

QPR midfielder Massimo Luongo insists the team can’t wait to put right the wrongs of our 2-0 defeat at Charlton Athletic yesterday (Saturday).

Chris Ramsey’s charges face Yeovil Town in the Capital One Cup first round on Tuesday night, before Cardiff City visit Loftus Road in the Sky Bet Championship on Saturday evening.

Despite the midweek trip to Huish Park being a cup tie, Luongo insists Rangers just need to taste that winning feeling – whatever the competition.

“I just want to play again now – Tuesday can’t come quick enough,” Luongo told www.qpr.co.uk soon after the full-time whistle in south-east London.

“It’s a disappointing day for us but we mustn’t dwell. The thing about this league is that there’s always another game around the corner.

“We’re playing on Tuesday and Saturday next week and that gives us more opportunities to do well.

“Regardless of the competition, it’s (Yeovil) another game that we want to win. Hopefully we can start figuring things out – how we get our goals, and how we stop the other team from scoring.

“Even if it’s a cup game, we need to get a rhythm started.”









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Rangers started well at The Valley on Saturday, forcing several corners in the first quarter-hour.

QPR were level at half-time. But the game slipped away from the visitors soon after the break.

Substitute Tony Watt gave the Addicks the lead, before Morgan Fox’s fine strike put the game to bed.

Luongo was disappointed that Rangers couldn’t build on a promising early opening.

“It was disappointing not to build on a good start,” he added. “We forced a number of corners in the opening minutes.

“We did the basics better in the first half. In the second half, the game got stretched and we stopped doing the right things.

“The effort was there from everyone. We had the right idea early on – getting the ball wide, getting crosses into the box.

“But it’s the little things we need to work on, the small details. They’re easy things to fix, but you need to keep your standards up throughout a game – throughout the season.

“The manager has told us that we’re going to go back onto the training ground to get it right.”

Around 3,200 R’s fans were in attendance at Charlton and are expected to be out in force again during the week ahead.

Luongo finished: “Despite the [Charlton] result, I’m looking forward to it.

“I’m sure the fans will be right behind us again, as they were today. We are grateful for the support.”





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