Aston Villa boss Alex McLeish was furious after their 1-1 draw with QPR.

McLeish was visibly frustrated having seen seeing Aston Villa throw away the chance of victory late on and admitted he had stern words with his team at the break.

"I am gutted that we should throw that away in the dying embers of the game," he said. "Especially after a second half performance that was much more what I expect of these players.

"The first half was pretty woeful and I let them know that at half-time.

"Fortunately we restricted QPR to not many gilt-edged chances in the first-half as the back five defended well.

"The irony was that two of the top players ended up in the equalising goal. I felt sorry for those guys."