Boss Matt Taylor's reaction as survival-chasing Rotherham United sit comfortably in the Championship after win over QPR

His Millers team saw off QPR 3-1 at AESSEAL New York Stadium today to make it two wins and a draw in their last three outings and give their prospects of Championship survival another huge boost.

Rotherham have suffered the drop in their last three campaigns at this level but are now up to 18th place and have an eight-point cushion between them and the bottom three.

“We have to make the most of the remaining games," Taylor said. "Any points put us in the right direction. We know how difficult this league is."

The Millers led 2-0 late on through Jordan Hugill's first goals for the club and a stoppage-time effort from Hakeem Odoffin sealed the victory after the visitors - playing their first away game under Gareth Ainsworth - had scored in the 83rd minute to keep the contest alive

"It was scrappy at times, without being disrespectful to QPR," Taylor said. "They have changed their style with the new manager.

"They are very much back to front. I thought we stood up to it relatively well. We also showed some quality moments going forward."

The win saw Rotherham climb three places in the table, going above Cardiff City, QPR and Birmingham City whom the Millers face next.

"We wanted to bring QPR back into the mix and we would like to do more of that with Birmingham next week.” Taylor said.

Ainsworth was previously in the hot-seat at Wycombe Wanderers and knows New York can be an intimidating place to visit.

"Its always tough here," he said. "Rotherham are physical. Chiedozie Ogbene is a danger for them down the right.

"If you give chances away at this level like we did today you’re going to get punished. We had chances at the other end but did not hit the target.

"There were a couple of naive things from us for a couple of their goals. That was the story of the game."