Author: Dan Evans

Cifuentes is hopeful that business can still be done.

Two goals from Jake Livermore condemned Rangers to a 2-1 defeat against Watford on Sunday, leaving them five points from second tier safety.

Rangers are 23rd in the Championship and exited the FA Cup following a 3-2 defeat to Premier League side Bournemouth in the third round yesterday that extended their winless run to seven games in all competitions.  

Dan Evans provides his player ratings from QPR’s 3-2 FA Cup defeat to Bournemouth at Loftus Road.

Armstrong gave Rangers the lead in the first half with a breathtaking solo goal but failed to pick up his man at the corner which the Cherries scored from early in the second half to get back into the game.

Rangers have let in seven goals at dead ball situations in Cifuentes’ 12 games in charge and were condemned to a 2-1 defeat to Cardiff on New Years’ Day due to two goals scored from corners..

Here are Dan Evans’ takeaways from Loftus Road.

Here are Dan Evans’ player ratings from Loftus Road.

Rangers only signed free agents in the summer due to concerns about the Championship’s profit and sustainability rules.

All three players had to be substituted in Friday’s goalless draw at Ipswich, and none of them were involved in the matchday squad for the New Year’s Day clash at Loftus Road.

Dan Evans’ player ratings from QPR’s 1-0 defeat to Southampton on Saturday.

Taylor Harwood-Bellis’ first-half goal from a free-kick condemned Rangers to their first home defeat under Cifuentes, and it is the fourth time they have conceded from a dead ball situation in his nine games in charge.