QPR ensured their Championship survival by beating fellow strugglers Nottingham Forest at Loftus Road. Here’s how we rated each Rangers player in the 2-0 win.
Perhaps fortunate to survive a couple of scares, but his saves to deny David Vaughan and then Matty Cash, in injury time, were brilliant.
Struggled against the dangerous Mustapha Carayol during the first half and found himself outpaced on more than one occasion, but looked much better going forward.
The skipper marshalled Rangers’ back line extremely well, leading by example with a series of vital tackles to nullify Forest danger man Britt Assombalonga.
Like his fellow centre-half, Lynch rose to the challenge defensively and his header to make it 2-0 on the hour mark effectively secured Rangers’ Championship status.
Bidwell was solid, yet unremarkable – as he has been for much of his debut season at Loftus Road – and contributed with some decent crosses.
Danced past two opponents to force an early save from keeper Jordon Smith but then failed to make any further impact.
As always, an important cog in the machine, linking play and trying to manufacture shooting positions – but this time without a great deal of success.
Luongo’s attacking opportunities were limited, but he worked hard throughout and got stuck in when required as Rangers protected their advantage.
After a slow start, Manning became more involved during the second half and supplied the assist for Lynch’s goal with his quick-thinking cross.
The big centre-forward was denied by a superb stop from his namesake early on, but should have done better with another header that he put wide from close range.
Alert from the first whistle, Washington was quick to pounce on Forest’s defensive mistakes and kept his cool to race through and put his side ahead soon after the interval.
Having replaced Washington for the final 25 minutes, Mackie put in his customary hardworking performance without getting a sniff of goal.
This post was last modified on 30/04/2017