QPR rescue point against Burnley

Ilias Chair helped QPR rescue a point by setting up Jonathan Varane’s second-half equaliser at Loftus Road.

Chair, back in action after another injury lay-off, made a big impact after coming on as a second-half substitute.

Rangers, trailing to Largie Ramazani’s opener, finally drew level courtesy of only Varane’s second Championship goal.

They had most of the first-half possession – and Harvey Vale went close with a free-kick – but fell behind against the run of play seven minutes before the interval.

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Ramazani’s right-footed strike from near the edge of the penalty area caught out goalkeeper Pierce Charles, who got a hand to the ball but was unable to keep it out of the net.

Burnley appeared to have scored again a couple of minutes later, when Andreas Hountondji netted at the far post, but the goal was disallowed for offside.

With Rangers struggling to create chances, head coach Julien Stephan made a double change on the hour mark, sending on Chair and Rayan Kolli in place of the ineffective Richard Kone and Koki Saito.

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The two substitutes combined immediately, with Chair blazing well over after being set up by Kolli.

And, shortly after Chair had an effort saved by keeper Grégoire Coudert, he produced a trademark dash inside from the left towards the middle and laid the ball across to Varane, whose side-footed shot should have been saved but ended up in the net via Coudert meekly palming it onto the inside of the post.

Justin Obikwu, also on as a substitute, had a great chance to put Rangers ahead in the 90th minute but dragged a shot wide of the target.