Michael Beale has lamented a frustrating start to life as Queen's Park Rangers boss as the former Rangers coach went down 1-0 against Blackburn Rovers.
The former Liverpool figure was appointed as manager at the English Championship club earlier this summer after winning plenty of plaudits for his tactical work as part of Steven Gerrard's backroom team at both Ibrox and Aston Villa. Beale left Rangers when Gerrard took the reigns at the Villans last year but made the decision to become his own man.
It's not been the perfect start though as his side failed to have a shot on target and lost to a brilliant Lewis Travis strike that came from a cleared corner. The Loftus Road boss said: "I thought we started the game well. I knew that Jon Dahl Tomasson, with the team he picked - very front foot, very energetic - their movement in the final third would be good.
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"It was but I thought for the most part, we defended extremely well. We had from the second phase of a set play a 30-yarder from Kakay that didn't go in, and Travis has a very similar situation at the other end that goes in the top corner.
"I thought it was a harsh result. We had lots of passages of possession but the last 25 yards of the pitch, we had to be better.
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"Maybe one or two of the boys not here will bring that to our squad, but I still felt we had enough here today to create more.
"Our last cross, our last pass, was poor all day. To lose 1-0 away from home to a good team to a set play is extremely disappointing."
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