QPR boss Marti Cifuentes said football was about “achieving, not earning” after his side missed several chances to win their first home game of the season in the Championship.
Slovenian striker Zan Celar missed a penalty in the Hoops’ 1-1 draw with Stoke on Saturday after Tom Cannon put the Potters ahead, before Ben Gibson later inadvertently put through his own net.
Despite having 23 shots, only five were on target for the R’s and it has now been five games since a QPR player scored.
“Football is about achieving, not deserving but you could say that according to the amount of chances we deserved something else – but football is about quality,” Cifuentes told BBC Radio London.
“In the first half we were very dominant and created a lot of situations, but one mistake and an amazing strike from Cannon gave them the lead.
“It was not easy mentally for the team to miss a penalty so at half-time it was important to pick up the players again and for us to show commitment, and I’m proud about the way we kept pushing.
“The second half was open because Stoke have quality players and it wasn’t easy to contain them, but if there was a team looking for the win in the last minutes of the game it was us.”
The R’s remain bottom of the Championship with 11 points.