QPR goalkeeper Robert Green was delighted with victory over Aston Villa on Monday.
Green - who recovered from an illness to take his place in goal for QPR in time to replace Alex McCarthy (thigh strain) - feels he and his team-mates are now ready for the challenges ahead.
"It gives you that little bit of a lift going into two tough games. If we hadn't won you'd be looking at the next two games with a bit more concern.
"I think games at home in this respect are key so it is that bit more pleasing. It reinstalls the belief you've got.
"Particularly at home, you play against teams and if you really give it a go and put it to teams then sometimes they can't come up with answers.
"We asked questions of Villa going forward quickly, hitting Bobby (Zamora) and stuff like that and it proved fruitful.
"In that respect it is finding a way to win games, finding a way to cause problems and believing in our own ability as much as anything.
"If it means killing games off after an hour then so be it that is the sort of thing you have to do."
