Derry hailed Foy's strength of character after Rangers' 1-0 Premier League victory at Loftus Road on Sunday, their first win over their arch-rivals for more than 16 years. The three points could hardly have been won in more dramatic or controversial fashion, with Chelsea forced to play more than half the game with nine men after Jose Bosingwa and Didier Drogba both saw red. Fuelled by a burning sense of injustice, the visitors should have snatched a late equaliser but their indiscipline ultimately proved costly as they picked up seven yellow cards and conceded a needless penalty to lose the game. Their attempts to sway Foy also fell on deaf ears, something that convinced Derry and his team-mates it was going to be their day. "We knew we were doing our job right - we knew what we were doing was paying off," Derry said. "They have a knack these big players of perhaps persuading the refs to make different decisions, but I thought the ref was very strong." He added: "We definitely had a game plan where we wanted to unnerve them and put them under pressure in the right areas. I thought it came off. "What do you do? Do you sit off these players and let them dictate or get amongst them and mix it with them? I don't think we were vicious in any way or over aggressive. "These top, top players aren't used to losing and to teams of our stature. "Perhaps it hurts them and it shows even the best players can lose their heads." Derry insisted Foy got all the big decisions right, adding: "If it happened to us, we would have taken it on the chin. "I though the ref reffed it superbly." Derry was one of only two Rangers players booked following a bust-up with Frank Lampard, who he nevertheless considered asking to swap shirts. "I had my shirt in my hand but perhaps that was pushing it a bit," said the 33-year-old, who spent almost his entire career in the lower leagues and is enjoying a second bite at the big time. "I'm loving my football and I don't want it to end. "I realise it will come to an end but I will look back on this day with a great deal of fondness." Sunday's victory was all the sweeter as it was QPR's first at home since promotion following a defeat and three draws at Loftus Road. It also made up for their recent 6-0 derby drubbing at Fulham. "It's the monkey off our back and it has been on our minds," Derry said. "You don't want to go too long without winning at home, but for it to come against our fiercest rivals means the world to us. "More importantly, everyone has the bragging rights when they go to work on Monday, especially after the way we lost to Fulham. "That hurt everyone connected to the club and it really hurt the players." The win also lifted Rangers into the top 10 and gave them the best possible start to a nightmare run of fixtures, with Tottenham and Manchester City their next opponents. "When you're coming up against Chelsea, Spurs and City, you're looking for bonus points," Derry said. "We have been quite erratic in the past few weeks. "We put on some good performances where we didn't get the result we deserved and then there was the Fulham game. "We thought if we get something out of these three games, it will give us major encouragement. "That's what it's going to do leading into Spurs next week."
