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Warnock so proud of his QPR players

QPR boss Neil Warnock has spoken about how proud he is of his players following the 1-0 away win at Everton today.

The Premier League new boys bounced back from their opening day 4-0 defeat at Bolton to record their first lot of top flight points since 1996 and Warnock was delighted with the way his men performed in a very tough fixture so early in the season.

"In a way the attitude we came up with epitomised the whole result," he said.

"I said to them 'Give me everything' and they fought for each other.

"I said 'Let's go and enjoy it' because I'd rather be pulling up at Goodison Park than some of the Championship clubs we were last year.

"It was a well-worked move for the goal (scored by Tommy Smith) and they showed we can compete in the Premier League.

"In the circumstances we've had in the last 24 hours to do what they did was quite amazing and I couldn't be prouder.

"People like Patrick Agyemang (who started up front) were not in my thoughts for the last six weeks and at one o'clock I had to tell him he was playing - it is like something out of a comic book."

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