QPR manager Ian Holloway said that he thought the result was a reasonable representation of the game after his side lost 2-1 against Cardiff City.
Speaking after the game, Holloway spoke of how the equaliser knocked the stuffing out of his team, before having to face the added dilemma of managing former Bluebird Steven Caulker's fitness after rushing him back to action.
He said: "On the balance of play, it was a fair result. I thought they created a lot of chances and their front players were in really buoyant form and were difficult to contain.
"I think we were doing fine when we went in front. We looked comfortable and were dealing with things but it changed when we conceded our first goal; the manner of it, the timing of it, because we knew we could have dealt with that a little bit better, as a group.
"Unfortunately they forced those mistakes and it knocked the stuffing out of us a little bit and got the crowd up.
"It’s difficult enough when they’ve been winning on a regular basis to get that buoyancy back in this place, and then they go and score with a free header at the back post.
"Bamba, I guarantee had someone allocated to mark him. They made it two on the back post and we talked about that, and that was it.
"It was like the Alamo for the first 15 minutes of the second half, but we got some blocks in, and weathered that storm.
"I had the added dilemma of a fella who’s been out for 10 months, who I had to try and protect by bringing him off.
"He played in the week, and with the injuries we’ve got he was the right man to play, so I had to work out a way of getting back into the game by taking a centre half off, which isn’t always easy."
Holloway then discussed the incident in the first half where he was angry about a challenge on midfielder Josh Scowen.
He said: "I overreacted to a Peltier challenge on my midfelder (Scowen) at first, but my team reacted to that and that’s why we went in front.
"Was it deliberate? Who knows, the ref should have seen it though. That’s his job isn’t it?"
