Neil Warnock laid praise to his side, who went down to a 3-1 defeat at Tottenham despite a battling second-half performance.

Dominant Spurs were two goals to the good at the half-time break thanks to strikes from Gareth Bale and Rafael van der Vaart.

However, buoyed by the introductions of Jay Bothroyd and Jamie Mackie, a rejuvenated R's reduced the deficit when the former pulled QPR back into the game in the 63rd minute.

And, although Bale's second killed Rangers hopes on 72 minutes, Warnock told www.qpr.co.uk: "It would have been easy us for us to lay down our tools but we didn't.

"I thought we had to be positive in the second half and we made two substitutions at half-time.

"I felt a little bit sorry for Danny Gabbidon because he had to come on so early. He hasn't done any training in five weeks.

"Anton Ferdinand, for me, was man of the match and I don't think that Danny was far behind.

"All of the back five did well and Joey (Barton) and Ale (Faurlin) in midfield were super in the second half.

"We caused them problems everywhere, which was much better than the first half."

He added: "I thought we were a little bit off it in the first half but you've got to give them credit.

"When you look at their team sheet and their bench, they're one of the top sides. Bale's second was a magnificent goal.

"At 2-1 it looked quite close but that's the difference. With they quality that they've got, if they get chances, they're going to finish like that.

"I don't think Harry (Redknapp) was too comfortable when we pulled a goal back but that's all we could do - make a game of it.

"That's why we went like we did at half-time.

"We did ever so well in the second half. The fans will go home happy because they know we've put everything in and didn't give in - you can't expect any more than that."