Mackie’s injury ‘doesn’t look good’ – Hasselbaink

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QPR boss Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink fears Jamie Mackie is facing another lengthy spell on the sidelines with a hamstring injury.

The Rangers forward, who missed more than three months of the season with a hamstring problem, went off in the 25th minute of the 1-1 draw at Leeds.

Hasselbaink said: “He’s got a hamstring problem and I hope it won’t be too bad, but it doesn’t look good. It’s something we’ll have to assess in the next 48 hours.

“Jamie is someone who would never want to come off. He will play through pain and if he has to come off it’s normally something not good.”

Tjaronn Chery’s 10th goal of the season and sixth in the Dutch midfielder’s last nine matches earned a point for Rangers at Elland Road.

They failed to trouble 19-year-old goalkeeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell, who was making his senior debut, and went behind when Chris Wood headed home on the hour mark.

But Chery tucked away an 87th-minute penalty after fellow substitute Sebastian Polter had been fouled on the left of the area.

“I was quite disappointed that we didn’t test their keeper, because he was a young boy,” Hasselbaink admitted.

“In the second half it opened up a bit and I always felt that we were going to finish stronger than them.

“We finished the stronger side, but we should have taken the initiative earlier.”