John Eustace was given a painful demonstration of the size of the task he should save Derby from removal after his new party collapsed at a 4-0 loss to QPR.
Ilia Mayor scored twice, with Koki Saito and Ronnie Edvard also targeted on the first disastrous day in the office for the new Rams chief.
Eustace raised his eyebrows this week leaving Blackburn, a challenging pair of promotion in the Premier League, for one fighting the fall in League One.
As Rovers extends the fifth, Derby’s humility in Western London meant that they fell to the top three in the goal difference.
Eustace certainly knew what was in the store for his new side on Friday evening, as his last match with Rovers was a 2-1 loss at Loftus Road just 10 days ago.
Derby had actually started with much more intention than in recent weeks, but this disappeared the moment they fell back into the first shooting rangers.
Michael Frey did well to keep the ball between the three district defenders in the corner of the penalty area before smuggling it in a chair.
The Moroccan midfielder allowed the ball to run through his body, returned and launched a rocket in front of the diving of the visiting goalkeeper Jacob Widell Zettestrom and in the upper corner. Lyudiously, for a player never admits to having a blow, it was the first goal of the season chair.
The derby could have been equalized when a head cleaning fell on the ebou Adams just inside the box, but it destroyed the chance over the ribbon.
Frey almost led the chair strike with an even more spectacular effort, but his volleyball for the first time from 25 yards flew closely.
But moments later the Rangers had a second after the chair threw a low cross into the area.
Zettestrom plunged to block the danger, but only succeeded in pushing the ball on the feet of Saito, who took a touch before falling on the roof of six yards.
The first conversation of Eustace’s first team had to be a good one, but anyway was the message that failed to have the desired effect.
Shortly before Mark of his mayor’s Mark, and the third of the Rangers, when he withdrew a cut from Tottenham Loanee min-hyeok.
Then Edvard, borrowed from Southampton, was led by the fourth by Kenneth Paal’s free kick like Rangers, who could be dark horses for play-off, finished a seventh win at home.
A miserable night for Eustace was summed up when his team finally created a good chance that Kayden Jackson stabbed him three yards abroad.
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Marty Cifuentes QPR:
“I liked a lot of things about performance.
“We really didn’t know what to expect from them, but everyone was so dedicated.
“Ilias chair is one of the best players in the league. I’m glad he got two goals.
“He’s a little angry with me for his removal because he wanted a hat-trick. We’re happy he is playing well.”
John Eustace of Derby:
“Of course I’m really disappointed by the result.
“I have learned a lot about the group tonight, and there are a lot that I am excited about. There are many that we can improve.
“I thought we started well, but the goal they scored knocked down the wind from our cruises. Then we didn’t protect the box so well for the second, third and fourth goals.
“We have an exciting week ahead in the field of training and a lot to work. I know this group of players will fight for every point and hard work begins on Monday.
“I’ve come to Derby not only for a short term, but for the long run and it’s my job now to give as much confidence to the players. You can see that they are low for confidence at the moment.”
