New Blackburn boss Michael O'Neill praised his players' desire after they marked his arrival with a 3-1 victory at QPR to clamber out of the bottom three.
O'Neill's new side recorded an away victory for the first time since November, with Mathias Jorgensen's first-half double sandwiching Koki Saito's response for the home side before Ryoya Morishita sealed the points with a header early in the second period.
"It was a great result for us – this is a difficult place to come," O'Neill told BBC Radio Lancashire.
"The work was done by (caretaker manager) Damien Johnson, he prepared the team and picked the team and did a fantastic job. The credit really lies with him.
"We got a great response from the players and I thought the level of performance merited three points. Our reaction to going level was good and the desire was the biggest thing.
"It's a positive step but we have to make sure we take another positive step next week against Preston."