John Eustace was given a painful demonstration of the scale of the duty he has to save lots of Derby from relegation as his new facet slumped to a 4-0 loss at QPR.
Ilias Chair scored twice, with Koki Saito and Ronnie Edwards additionally on the right track on a disastrous first day on the workplace for the brand new Rams boss.
Eustace raised eyebrows this week by leaving Blackburn, a facet difficult for promotion to the Premier League, for one battling the drop to League One.
Whereas Rovers lie fifth, Derby’s humbling in west London meant they slipped into the underside three on objective distinction.
Eustace actually knew what was in retailer for his new facet on Friday night time, as his remaining match with Rovers was a 2-1 defeat at Loftus Street simply 10 days earlier.
Derby had truly began with much more function than in latest weeks, however that disappeared the second they fell behind to Rangers’ first shot on the right track.
Michael Frey did properly to carry the ball up between three County defenders on the nook of the penalty space earlier than smuggling it out to Chair.
The Moroccan midfielder let the ball run throughout his physique, turned and launched a rocket previous the dive of visiting keeper Jacob Widell Zetterstrom and into the highest nook. Amazingly, for a participant by no means averse to having a shot, it was Chair’s first objective of the season.
Derby might have equalised when a headed clearance dropped to Ebou Adams simply contained in the field however he blazed the prospect over the crossbar.
Frey virtually topped Chair’s strike with an much more spectacular effort, however his first-time volley from 25 yards flew narrowly huge.
However moments later Rangers did have a second after Chair pinged a low cross into the world.
Zetterstrom dived out to dam the hazard however succeeded solely in pushing the ball to the ft of Saito, who took a sideways contact earlier than lashing into the roof of the web from six yards.
Eustace’s first half-time crew speak wanted to be a superb one, however regardless of the message was it didn’t have the specified impact.
Simply earlier than the hour mark Chair had his second, and Rangers’ third, when he tucked away a cut-back from Tottenham loanee Yang Min-hyeok.
Then Edwards, on mortgage from Southampton, headed the fourth from Kenneth Paal’s free-kick as Rangers, who could possibly be darkish horses for the play-offs, wrapped up a seventh win in eight house outings.
A depressing night time for Eustace was summed up when his facet lastly created a good likelihood just for Kayden Jackson to stab it over from three yards out.
The managers
QPR’s Marti Cifuentes:
“I liked a lot of things about the performance.
“We did not actually know what to anticipate from them however all people was so dedicated.
“Ilias Chair is one of the best players in the league. I’m glad he got two goals.
“He is a bit indignant at me for taking him off as a result of he needed a hat-trick. We’re blissful he’s enjoying properly.”
Derby’s John Eustace:
“Clearly I am actually upset with the consequence.
“I learnt a lot about the group tonight, and there is lots I’m excited about. There is also lots we can improve on.
“I assumed we began properly however the objective they scored knocked the wind out of our sails. Then we did not defend the field properly sufficient for the second, third and fourth objectives.
“We’ve got an exciting week ahead on the training pitch and lots to work on. I know this group of players is going to fight for every point and the hard work starts on Monday.
“I’ve come to Derby not only for the brief time period however for the long run and it is my job now to present as a lot confidence as I can to the gamers. You may see they’re low on confidence in the meanwhile.”
