Hull City 1-3 Queens Park Rangers: Daniel Bennie and Richard Kone seal R’s win with late goals

With 80 minutes on the clock, the story of the game had been about the defensive mistakes that led to the first two goals.

After a slow start, QPR took the lead from a set piece, as Hull goalkeeper Ivor Pandur and Oli McBurnie failed to get anything on Harvey Vale’s in-swinging corner before it deflected in off McNair under pressure from Jimmy Dunne at the back post.

The goal seemed to ignite the visitors and they enjoyed a period of control, but Hull hit back against the run of play, Yu Hirakawa beating Rhys Norrington-Davies to the byline and getting the cross in.

The ball deflected off Ronnie Edwards and onto R’s keeper Joe Walsh, before breaking free for an easy tap-in for Gelhardt to level.

McNair almost made up for the own goal with a clever flick at the other end which deflected off McBurnie and forced a strong reflex stop from Walsh to turn the ball around the post.

With the game drifting towards a draw, Bennie stunned the stadium with his first-time shot as it swerved past Pandur into the top corner.

As the hosts pushed forward, gaps opened up for QPR, and Kone should have made the points safe when clean through on goal, but he chipped the ball harmlessly into the arms of Pandur, before having another effort saved from a tight angle.

But the Ivorian striker maintained his composure to add the third deep into added time as he found space on the left and opened his body to place a right-footed shot into the bottom corner.

The result leaves the Tigers fourth in the Championship table, while Julien Stephan’s side move up to 10th, and within one point of the play-off spots, ahead of the rest of the weekend’s games.