Stephan wants QPR to be ‘humble but ambitious’ after fine start to season

Julien Stephan told his QPR players to “stay humble” after they beat Cardiff 2-1 to continue their impressive start to the Championship season.

Rumarn Burrell scored both Rangers goals, putting them ahead in the first half and doubling the lead with a fine finish early in the second.

Stephan’s side are second in the table, with 10 points, after their first four matches of the campaign.

Stephan said: “If you compare where we are now after four games and where we were last at the same moment (last season), big difference.”

But the Frenchman added: “It’s just the beginning of the Championship. If you forget that the Championship is a battle each game, you can drop very quickly.

“The objective is to stay humble – very humble – because if you forget to be humble then this league will kill you immediately.

“So we have to stay humble – but stay ambitious as well.”

Rangers missed chances to make it 3-0 and had to endure a somewhat anxious finish after Perry Ng pulled a goal back with a thumping strike on 74 minutes.

“We created a lot of chances and probably we should score more. We should kill the game,” Stephan admitted.

“After the second goal we had strong momentum, a lot of opportunities to score the third one, and I think if we score at this moment we kill the game.

“So there are margins we have to improve, but it was nice to see that we could create a lot of danger, And I enjoyed the resilience of the players in the last 15 minutes.”