Swindon Town manager Maurice Malpas has challenged his players to aspire to reach QPR's level after seeing the big-spenders dish out a footballing masterclass at the County Ground on Tuesday.

Second half goals from Dexter Blackstock and Damien Delaney helped the Championship side come from behind to knock plucky Town out of the Carling Cup in a topsy-turvy first round clash.

Angelo Balanta's tap-in (32) had put Rangers ahead before Simon Cox's volley (34) and Billy Paynter's header (42) gave Swindon an unlikely 2-1 half-time lead.

But striker Blackstock's header just seconds after the break and skipper Delaney's 54th minute strike fired Iain Dowie's men through to the second round.

And Malpas conceded the Robins can learn much from Rangers' classy attacking play after midfielders Emmanuel Ledesma and Daniel Parejo -on loan from Genoa and Real Madrid respectively -had run the show.

"We are a wee bit away from that level -there is a gulf between League One and the Championship," he said.

"You've got a chance in a one-off game but I think over a season their level of performance will be higher than ours, and that's something we can try and achieve.

"I'm pleased with how we played, they've got some quality players, especially going forward.

"The young lad Ledesma is excellent and you can see the guy they've brought in from Madrid is quality -they will give teams a problem.

"It's just disappointing it was a couple of set-pieces that proved our downfall."