Bowen relishing Chelsea clash

Mark Bowen: QPR assistant boss looking forward to Chelsea clash

Queens Park Rangers assistant manager Mark Bowen is relishing his side's clash with Chelsea in the Premier League on Saturday.

QPR welcome their London rivals to Loftus Road in the fourth round of matches in the English top flight, having picked up just one point from three games so far.

Bowen is pleased with the way the QPR players have shaped up during the two-week international break and is confident of a positive result against the Blues.

"We can't wait for the weekend," he told his club's official website. "We're champing at the bit for this one.

"We've had a stuttering start with a whole host of new players coming in over the summer. We've had players coming in at different levels of fitness throughout pre-season, so it's going to take time.

"But we've had two weeks training since the last fixture against Manchester City and things have gone very well.

"We've had most of the squad available to us and we've managed to get a lot of good, hard work done."