JULIEN Stephan felt Queens Park Rangers didn’t show enough attacking quality in their 0-0 draw against Oxford United at the Kassam Stadium on Tuesday night.
U’s goalkeeper Jamie Cumming brilliantly denied Paul Smyth before the hosts’ Stan Mills reached Myles Peart-Harris’s cross only to side-foot over from close range.
There was a worry for the Hoops when nineteen-year-old Esquerdinha who was stretchered off after 64 minutes.
It was QPR’s second goalless draw in four days after their stalemate at Stoke City. They are twelfth in the Championship, three points off the play-off places.
“The only disappointment is not creating more danger in the penalty area,” Stephan said. “We prepared the situation well, we had good ideas to create the momentum, but we need just a little bit more quality in the last pass and the last move in the penalty area.
“[The conditions] were really difficult for the players. For me, it’s the worst thing to play with wind. That’s why I want to highlight the mentality of the players. They never gave up and wanted to have another clean sheet, the third one in four games.
“It’s part of consistency. It’s a good sign of improvement for these players because we struggled in the first part of the season, away, especially in November and December.”
Stephan was hopeful on Esquerdinha’s injury. He said:”I don’t know, exactly. I spoke with him, he was in the shower when we came back in the dressing room.
“It was not too bad for him. We need to wait one or two days in order to do a scan and a real assessment.”
QPR host Wrexham on Saturday (3pm).
