Leicester Leicester's lead at the top of the Championship has been cut to just three points with 11 games to go after relegation-threatened QPR claimed a surprise 2-1 victory at the King Power Stadium.
Goals from Ilias Chair and substitute Sinclair Armstrong - who scored with his first touch after coming on just before the hour - earned improving Rangers their third successive victory.
The Foxes quickly pulled a goal back through teenage defender Ben Nelson but they could not find an equaliser as they slumped to a third league defeat in a row, with second-placed Ipswich Town now closing in on them.
The result was a valuable one for QPR, but lifted them just one place up the table and they remain outside the bottom three on goal difference.
Leicester began the game boosted by promotion rivals Leeds drawing at struggling Huddersfield, but they suffered an early blow when midfielder Dennis Praet had to come off injured after 15 minutes, Yunus Akgun taking his place.
SINCLAIR ARMSTRONG WITH THE WINNER FOR QPR! pic.twitter.com/hoBe2Qjjxy
Enzo Maresca's side dominated possession and Harry Winks came close to opening the scoring when he curled a shot just wide of the far post from 20 yards out.
QPR full-back Kenneth Paal then stopped Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall putting Leicester ahead after 26 minutes when he turned away a cross from Yunus for a corner.
But Rangers soaked up the pressure and broke away to take the lead after 38 minutes. Chris Willock advanced on the right-hand side and found Lyndon Dykes whose cross was met by Chair and he squeezed the ball just inside the post.
Ireland international Armstrong came on as a 57th-minute substitute for QPR and made an immediate impact to give Marti Cifuentes' side a two-goal lead.
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