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As far as home debuts go, this Robins performance might have been up there with the likes of Tammy Abraham, Geert Meijer and 'Jackie' Dziekanowski.

Hungarian midfielder Adam Nagy misplaced just two passes in his first half at Ashton Gate, volleyed in the vital opening goal and put in plenty of covering runs and tackles to help Bristol City see off QPR 2-0 on Saturday afternoon.

And following the game, his head coach paid tribute to the summer recruit and updated on his fitness after the former Bologna man went off injured at the break.

The Robins boss compared his new man to the departing Marlon Pack, who left late on deadline day to join Cardiff City, as Nagy took over the central stage.

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"I think they're different. They could have played together," said Johnson on Saturday's star man.

"What he does is move the ball very simply and very quickly. That's the key. He covers round, he does all the dirty bits off the ball and filling spaces. And on the ball I think that he's an upgrade in terms of athleticism - not on Pack - I'm just talking on the midfield position.

"That's what we're looking to do. We're looking to get quicker all the time, and also get better on the ball. Either through our youth or our signings," said Johnson.

The 24-year-old should hopefully be back in contention for the Robins very soon.

Though Johnson has suffered a fair bit of bad luck in recent weeks on that front.

"He just rocked his ankle on that recovery run, which was a fantastic run. You saw his speed there as he opened up - he just got a poke on the ball and jarred his foot.

"So hopefully it won't be too bad. There hasn't been any swelling at this point, so therefore it's probably it's just one of those two or three dayers, touch wood - as we haven't had the best of luck with our injuries lately," said Johnson.

The head coach also confirmed that Bailey Wright is set to miss 8-10 weeks with a re-occurrence of his thigh injury.