Dean Smith: Defeat was harsh on Aston Villa

Pawel Wszolek got the only goal at Loftus Road, making it back-to-back defeats for the new claret and blue chief.

Villa are 16th in the Championship after 15 games.

“I thought we were very good. We created some good chances and you have to score them when you’re on top in games,” said Smith.

“It was a poor goal that we conceded. We’re very disappointed as we certainly didn’t deserve to lose.

“I thought we were better than QPR but, unfortunately, they’ve got the result.”

Smith thought Villa should have had a penalty in the first half.

“We didn’t convert our chances and John McGinn cost himself with his honesty,” he said.

“He’s gone into their box in the first half, gets clipped.

“If he goes down, it’s a definite penalty at 0-0. He stayed on his feet and we didn’t get anything from the chance.”

Smith also took issue with the the nature of the challenges that went in on Jack Grealish.

“It’s a concern the officials aren’t dealing with it,” he added “They had a tag-team kicking him. It’s something that needs looking at.

“You’ve got to protect players like that – special talents who are getting kicked all over the place.”