QPR owner Tony Fernandes is standing by manager Mark Hughes.

Hughes has managed just one win since his appointment.

Fernandes said: "It's a tough league. I'm a realist and if we go down we'll deal with it. But this is a long-term project.

"We'll have some setbacks but I love what we're doing. It would be great to get three points against Everton, that would be the best news I've had in a while.

"We won at their place but they're a different side now."