ILIAS Chair scored his first goals of the season as Queens Park Rangers sent Derby County into the relegation zone after their worst defeat in almost four years.
Chair added to Koki Saito’s second goal of the season as QPR led 2-0 at half-time against John Eustace’s side.
Chair scored his second before defender Ronnie Edwards got his first goal since joining on loan from Southampton in January.
Jerry Yates had a late goal ruled out to cap a miserable night for the visitors.
The result meant Hull City moved out of the relegation zone despite not playing as the Rams’ goal difference dropped them into the bottom four.
It was former R’s caretaker Eustace’s first game in charge of Derby after he left fifth-place Blackburn Rovers to replace Paul Warne.
Marti Cifuentes’ side are eleventh in the table, three points off the top six.
“I’m very pleased, not only with the result but the mentality to bounce back after the disappointment we had in the last game,” Cifuentes said.
“It was a difficult start tonight but we showed quality in the last third.
“With a new manager, we didn’t know what to expect.
“They played with a back four, something that they have not done for a while. We knew that their manager did that with Blackburn for many games but there was a question mark on it, so I think the first fifteen or 20 minutes were difficult.
“Thankfully Illy showed his quality and that was an important step for us.”
Cifuentes added: “[Chair] can do well anywhere on the pitch because he is a very good player.
“Definitely we are trying to make sure he has a good impact on the team. He is a very important player and today he showed how good he can be when he gets close to the goal.”
Yang Min-Hyeok, who joined on loan from Tottenham in January, assisted Chair’s second.
“He did well,” Cifuentes said.
“He gave us a lot of positive things. He showed great quality for the third goal with the assist for Illy, and he had good situations in one-v-ones.
“We need to go step-by-step with him because we know he comes from a different league and these are his first few months in the UK, but he has been training at a good level and I am very happy with him.”
