Tjaronn Chery fired QPR a deserved point with an emphatic penalty three minutes from time.

Giuseppe Bellusci got in all kinds of a tangle to trip another sub, Seb Polter in the box, and the Dutchman fired into the top corner like it was a training session on a Monday morning.

The ball hit the back of the Leeds net so hard, Chery was able to pick up the rebound and trot back to the centre circle with it.

Right at the end, Rs keeper Alex Smithies did brilliantly to deny Leeds burying the ball into the rigging a second time when he first blocked Lewie Coyle, and then Chris Wood on the rebound - even though the latter was offside.

Earlier, Leeds piled on the early pressure, and Rangers were dealt with a blow when Friday's scorer Jamie Mackie limped off barely 24 minutes into the game.

The home side may have had the lion's share of the play, nothing in five games, but Junior Hoilett went close when he forced debutant Bailey Peacock-Farrell into a smart save from 18 yards.

Smithies had a couple of long-rangers to deal with, but the Rangers with a capital 'R' had the better part of the early minutes of the second period.

Matt Phillips sent in a telling cross that saw Polter get on the end - but only with the aid of a hand.

Against the run of play, the home side scored.

A teasing ball into the box from Murphy caused much the same mayhem that Middlesbrough did on Friday night to bisect the two Rs central defenders.

Wood made sure the gift was gratefully received when he all but smuggled the ball over the line from point-blank distance.

He was only a sub this time, but Chery was calmness itself to notch the spot-kick, which was about right for this even-Steven mid-table game.

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