MARTI Cifuentes admitted he was disappointed after his QPR side threw away victory late on at relegation rivals Sheffield Wednesday.
The Hoops took the lead shortly before the break courtesy of a 37th minute own goal from Bambo Diaby, who was unfortunately placed to get the final touch on an Ilias Chair attempt.
With the clock ticking down, it looked as if Cifuentes’ side were on course for three points which would have taken them out of the bottom three.
But those hopes were dashed on 86 minutes when Bailey Cadamarteri, son of former Everton striker Danny, drew the Owls back on terms.
And there was to be heartbreak in stoppage time as Anthony Musaba won it for Sheffield Wednesday in the 94th minute.
Having failed to beat fellow strugglers Plymouth in midweek in a 0-0 draw against 10-men, this was another big missed opportunity for QPR.
Although far from happy with the outcome, Cifuentes is still aware there is plenty still to play for.
But the manager accepts there are lessons to be learned and quickly going into the busy festive period.
He told the club’s YouTube channel: “I’m disappointed because we actually got during the week a couple of good chances to get out of this situation where we are.
“But at the same time, I know it (the season) is very long. We need to be very calm, we need to be united as a team, we need to be together, altogether with the supporters and all the club.
“We have done a lot of good things in the last month so all of this is not gone, we just have to keep working.
“For 85 minutes we were leading the game, a difficult game away and that is what we need to remind them that one result cannot change our approach.”
Cifuentes added: “Obviously at the same time we need to be disappointed, because that is football and we are here to win games.
“Today we not only didn’t win but we lost a game that we had in our hands to win.
“So it is important to reflect well about what are the things we need to improve, be very self-critical – starting on myself – why today we lost.
“And at the same time analyse what we need to do better in order to win the next games, because the good thing is that in the next 10-15 days we are going to play a lot of football games and hopefully get us the chance to keep on getting points.”
Another positive is that there are no fresh injury concerns going into those Christmas fixtures, which commence next Saturday at home to Southampton.
Cifuentes said: “I think it is important that all the squad seems ready. We didn’t get any injuries after an important week with three games in only seven days.
“We are going to face now a period with four games in just nine or ten days.
“It will be extremely important to make sure everybody is ready, but at the same to be aware that we need to win points and we need to compete at a better level than what we did today in some moments of the game.
“As I said, keep on improving.”
