Charlie Austin has criticised teammate Joey Barton after he was sent off against Hull City on the weekend.
The veteran midfielder saw red just 32 minutes into the KC Stadium meeting which resulted in a 2-1 defeat to the visiting R's.
Barton made a silly challenge on Tom Huddlestone during the first half which led to his sending off and Austin, who got the west Londoners back into the contest with a goal in the 39th minute, admitted his frustration at the Loftus Road skipper.
"I think he just went over to protect Darnell but it's a silly sending off," said Austin.
"It's kind of cost us the game. He's the villain and rightly so for getting sent off. He's got to deal with it.
"He's going to miss the next three games and he's an important player for us, he's our captain.
"He's just held his hands up and said sorry.
"There's only so many times you can say sorry. We move on now, we've got a squad and that's the main thing."
