I'll have a beer and fall asleep on the Hull City team bus after superb QPR victory
Tim Walter says he'll allow himself a crisp beer on the long bus journey back to East Yorkshire after watching his side record a third straight win.
For the first time this season, his Hull City side scored first in a game with that honour going to Cody Drameh, who thumped in the opener in a 3-1 success against QPR at Loftus Road.
Chris Bedia made it 2-0 11 minutes later, and though City suffered the setback of conceding a penalty before the break to give Rangers hope, Liam Millar's first Tigers goal 20 minutes from time effectively killed off the contest.
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City were, however, indebted to goalkeeper Ivor Pandur, who made four big saves inside the opening five minutes to keep the Tigers on terms, giving them the platform to go on and win for the first at Loftus Road in five years.
"It's brilliant," a delighted Walter told Hull Live at Loftus Road. "It was a tough game, really, to be honest, they're a good opponent. They played really well and at the beginning, we had to stay strong.
"They had a few opportunities to score, and we had a brilliant pink Pandur. He was brilliant at the beginning, but after the first goal for us, we were even stronger. We were more comfortable, especially with the ball.
"We had a lot of playing out from the back, creating some situations, but our pressing was not that high intensity, it wasn't as high as we wanted them to press.
"Like I said before the game, they're a good opponent, but how we played, especially in the second half, was really brilliant. I'm proud of my boys because at the beginning, they they had a few chances, but after scoring our third goal, we showed that we that we want to keep the ball.
"We we had more possession, we drove forward. If it's not possible to go forwards to the goal, to come backwards, to keep the ball, find the balance while also creating a few chances more, that's what I like to see and how they fought for the duels, it was really, really good from my team."
Having travelled down on Thursday by train, City travelled back by bus to the training ground, but to get the four-hour journey off and running, Walter will allow himself a cool beer, before falling asleep, and then set about preparing for Saturday's trek to Norwich City.
"First of all, drinking a beer on the bus," he said. "Maybe just one, because afterwards, I will fall asleep. Tomorrow is off and then we are analysing Norwich and trying to be well-prepared for the next game."