Hull City guilty of 'unusual' mistakes at QPR, says boss Sergej Jakirovic
HULL CITY head coach Sergej Jakirovic felt his side panicked under pressure at Queens Park Rangers – costing them all three points.
Rumarn Burrell scored the winner as QPR beat Hull 3-2 at Loftus Road after twice coming from behind.
Joe Gelhardt put the visitors ahead, Ilias Chair equalised before the break and Enis Destan put Hull back in front early in the second half – leaving Rangers on course for a fourth consecutive home defeat.
But they turned the game around, with Jimmy Dunne scoring before Burrell’s sixth goal of the season clinched a first win in five matches for Julien Stephan’s side.
“We entered the game well and we mostly controlled everything that we expected from QPR,” said a frustrated Jakirovic.
“We took the lead for 2-1 and something that bothered me is that we were immediately dropping down and defending deep. Why panic? Why don’t we continue to play?
“The momentum after 2-2 completely changed on the pitch. We did some unusual mistakes, our gaps in defence were very, very big, and after that they scored a third goal.
“Why panic? I don’t know. Why are we kicking the ball to the front when no-one is there? We need to be more calm on the ball, because we’ve shown already that we have quality.
“It is frustrating for me but we don’t have time to be sad. We will analyse it and try to sort it out. We have work to do.”
Queens Park Rangers: Hamer, Mbengue (Morgan 72), Dunne, Clarke-Salter (Cook 61), Norrington-Davies, Varane, Madsen, Dembele (Saito 79), Kone (Kolli 72), Chair, Burrell. Unused substitutes: Nardi, Morrison, Field, Smyth, Frey.
Hull City: Pandur, Coyle, Egan, Hughes, Giles, Hadziahmetovic (Gyabi 62), Slater (Belloumi 72), Gelhardt, Crooks, Joseph (Akintola 84), Destan (Ndala 63). Unused substitutes: Phillips, Ajayi, Drameh, Famewo, McCarthy.
Referee: James Linington (Isle of Wight).