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QPR boss Mark Warburton praised the impact of forward Charlie Austin after the West Brom forward on loan marked his second debut with the opening goal in a 2-0 victory at Luton.
The 31-year-old was on the scoresheet about six years after his last strike for the R’s back in December 2015, nodding at close range.
This gave QPR a first league win in 10 games, with Macauley Bonne adding the late second.
Warbuton said, “Whenever you bring in a seasoned pro like Charlie, it always lifts the team.
“The way he communicated with Lyndon (Dykes), the early partnership developed immediately and he just talked about his way through the game.
“He will help all the players without a doubt, but it’s a tough league and we have to get him back into shape.
“His quality shone from the start tonight and getting 60 minutes from him is really nice.
“It’s three points, it’s a tough place to come Luton, they’re very good at home.
“They’re scoring goals freely, they put some good teams at the épée here so we knew what we were going to face, but I thought we were very good in the first half.
“We controlled it, got the goal, but the truth was we should have had two or three more.
“In the second half they’re going to engage bodies forward, but we fell a little too deep and were on the back foot, but we were still going to interrupt the transition late in the game.
“I’m really happy for the team, a tough place to come and three good points.”
Austin jumped up in the 38th minute, coming home when a corner kick was thrown by Geoff Cameron.
A disappointing Luton side still had a glorious chance to stabilize moments after half-time, with leading scorer James Collins moving away one-on-one.
However, the visitors came back strong, Bonne sealing all three points in the last minute after a break involving Albert Adomah.
Hatters boss Nathan Jones added: “It’s really disappointing, we started really well, ahead, and then for the rest of the first half we were really passive.
“We fell right away, let them do whatever they wanted with football, no aggression, no pressure on the ball and it was absolutely the opposite of how we’ve been here, and it was really disappointing.
“In the second half, we came out, we wanted to walk towards them, we went back to the original game plan, and we did.
“We had a glorious chase right away, we had a lot of chances in and around their box, without having the quality to punish them.
“Then we were hit with a punch when we were chasing, but it’s really disappointing because it was a game we thought was a real opportunity.
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