Chris Wilder's Middlesbrough frustrations and officiating annoyance after QPR defeat

Middlesbrough boss Chris Wilder was both frustrated with his side's first-half performance, while annoyed at the officiating display he felt contributed to it, as his side slipped to their first defeat of the season.

Boro lost 3-2 at Loftus Road after falling 3-0 behind inside 38 minutes. With his side sloppy and inviting pressure on themselves, the home side were ruthless in racing into a healthy lead that ultimately meant goals from Matt Crooks and Marcus Forss proved fruitless as Boro left the capital empty-handed.

With Wilder feeling many decisions went against his side such as fouls on Isaiah Jones throughout, a perceived foul on goalkeeper Zack Steffen leading to the second goal, and a penalty call for handball that was waved away, the Boro boss was also hugely critical of the referee too.

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He said after: "First of all, congratulations to Michael [Beale] getting his first win as QPR manager. But it was charity from our point of view. When you give good players a handout, which we did, aided by some ridiculous refereeing decisions, it's always going to be a difficult afternoon for you.

"The first one they'll look at as a good goal, but we've had a couple of opportunities to stop it at the source. We gave the ball away cheaply and then missed the opportunity to make the tackle, with a good player then whacking it into the top corner. The second one I think is ridiculous.

"The comment to one of my staff members from the referee is that the goalkeeper has to be stronger. The referee doesn't have an opinion in terms of coaching or what the goalkeeper needs to do. He's facing towards the corner and someone behind him sticks an arm in his back and