Mark Warburton has seen enough of Middlesbrough to be convinced they'll get out of trouble this season - but he still thinks his side dropped two points at Loftus Road.

Rather than Jonathan Woodgate bemoaning missed chances in front of goal, as has been common place of late, it was the opposition boss this time around, with Warburton of the belief his side created enough opportunities in the second half to see Boro off.

Nahki Wells scored QPR's first goal in the opening half but went from hero to villain in the second period when a misplaced backpass was seized on by Britt Assombalonga, who grabbed his second goal of the game and levelled the score at 2-2 - which is how it finished.

It's a point that leaves Boro in the relegation zone as we move into the fortnight international break, but Warburton thinks they'll soon climb out of bother. There was, however, a warning from the QPR boss - there's no such thing as being too big a club to go down.

Warburton said pre-match that he thinks Boro's current league position is "false", which followed Woodgate's claim that the Championship table is "lying".

"I heard Jonathan's comments but not before I'd made mine," he said.

"I do think they are in a false league position but this is a demanding league. There's no respect and there's no saying 'they're a big club, they shouldn't be there'. You can be.

"But if you put a run together in this league and get three or four wins out of five you can move from 18th to eighth in a heartbeat.

"I do think Boro will be fine. Look at their squad. Britt is a player I know very well, they had Friend back today and Ayala and Dael Fry who is highly rated, Howson playing in midfield or full-back. It's a really good squad."

Queens Park Rangers manager Mark Warburton

Despite that praise for Boro, he felt his side should have won the game having recovered from falling behind to lead 2-1 at the break.

"We should put the ball in the net and be far more clinical," he said.

"We defend as a team and attack as a team, in the second half we had lots of possession, were in a good position at 2-1 and had how many chances to put the ball in the back  of the net, but what happened happened.


"Randolph had a good game but it's about us being clinical as a squad of players.

"The first half we showed all our character. We were 1-0 down and sloppy but we've worked hard at set-pieces.

"We looked in good shape and it's a frustrating two points dropped."