Preston North End 1-2 Queens Park Rangers: QPR score 93rd minute winner to beat Preston

Before the match both teams were neck and neck with Preston in 16th one place and point behind QPR, and although relegation was not mathematically impossible, the threat of spending next season in League One was unlikely for both clubs.

The first half was a scrappy affair with 13 free-kicks awarded from fouls and in between QPR’s Tottenham loanee Yang Min-Hyeok spurned a one-on-one opportunity on goal in the 12th minute.

Play was stopped for five minutes as Hoops winger Koki Saito suffered what looked like a shoulder injury, with the Japanese attacker leaving the pitch on a stretcher.

Lindsay then scored the opener for Preston in the fifth minute of timed added on at the end of the opening period with his first goal of the season, as veteran wing-back Robbie Brady’s curling cross came in and the centre-half lost his man to crash in a powerful header past Nardi.

QPR came out after the restart with far more vim in their attack but still struggled to equalise. Rayan Kolli just missed to the right of the post from close range on the 49th minute and the 20-year-old had a shot blocked from the centre of the box 13 minutes later.

The bench proved to be Marti Cifuentes’ greatest weapon as the arrival of Frey and Andersen turned the game on its head.

Swiss striker Frey hooked in a powerful effort from Varane’s corner following the Lilywhites’ failed attempt to clear the ball efficiently in the box.

Andersen then struck from outside of the box to land the ball in the top left corner of the goal past a helpless David Cornell to create joyous scenes for the travelling supporters.