This was a must win for Rangers if they were to avoid relegation from the Premier League.

Instead, a man being paid close to £100,000-a-week is remembered not by what he should have brought to QPR, but this night’s torturous trail of gaffes .

Chris Samba gave away a penalty and then the ball in the box for Fulham's Dimitri Berbatov - another hit-and-miss star in west London - to rifle home the spot kick and later profit when Samba had the ball nicked off his toes.

Clint Hill’s own goal gave Rs a mountain to climb, but another mercurial talent, one Adel Taarabt, had one of better nights to nearly nick a point for beaten Hoops, first with a goal of his own in a near second-half comeback.

Here's a reminder.

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He gave Loic Remy the chance to score a second from the spot, but saw his 12-yarder denied by Mark Schwarzer, and then atoned when he slotted home from Stephane M’Bia’s through ball.

The last fool on April 1 was Steve Sidwell, sent off for an ugly challenge on Rs Armand Traore, but Fulham held out in this game and for one more season.