Chelsea shocked at home by QPR

LONDON. January 3. KAZINFORM Rafael Benitez was only just beginning to win over Chelsea's supporters -- now he'll have to do it all over again.
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The Spaniard, who replaced Roberto Di Matteo as interim manager at Stamford Bridge in November, could only look on in horror as his side suffered a humiliating home defeat by Queens Park Rangers.

It will do little for Benitez's popularity with many Chelsea supporters still angry at the removal of Di Matteo and the arrival of the former Liverpool manager, CNN reported.

"A lot of things went wrong today," Benitez told reporters.

"We knew we were playing against the bottom of the table side and we spoke about that.

"We knew we had to be focused but we did not have the tempo and some players may have been tired.

"It was going wrong against a side who played deep and were organized."

This was supposed to be a routine victory for Chelsea against a Rangers side which had managed just one league victory all season.

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