Ian Holloway was proud of the way QPR gained a point against Fulham - less so, with the way assistant boss Marc Bircham was sent off in the dying seconds.

A free-for-all between the two dugouts saw a plethora of players mixing it - and as the dust settled, Bircham turned and cheered home supporters while he marched back up the tunnel.

Barely a minute after that and with action resumed, Fuham midfielder Tom Cairney shoved Ryan Manning to the ground with both hands in the QPR youngster's chest and escaped with just a yellow card.

Holloway summed up a crazy couple of minutes.

Scoring foot: Ryan Manning makes it 1-0

"Cairney pushes someone to the ground and comes away with only a yellow," he said.

"It was a weird kind of a day.

"The referee lost control at the end, and you have to ask - what's a red card what's a yellow?

"(On Bircham) was he the crafty Cockney or what? If he's sent off what's he doing waving to the crowd?"

Rangers scored first through Ryan Manning as he celebrated a new new contract, and that after Fulham missed a penalty as Alex Smithies denied Chris Martin from the spot.

Save! Alex Smithies (C) denies Chris Martin (L)

In the end, Martin got a toe to a deflection for the equaliser, but a point is a point, according to the Rs boss.

"The penalty it changed everything, and it's hard to believe it was given. After that we went to pieces. They took over for a while. We scored as I thought we might in the game from a breakaway.

"But this is one more point - and a good one."

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