Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Charlton Athletic

Nasser el Khayati scored his first goal for QPR to send Charlton to defeat

Charlton's hopes of avoiding relegation from the Championship were dented severely by Nasser el Khayati's stoppage-time winner for QPR.

El Khayati's curler sealed a defeat that left the Addicks 10 points adrift of safety with five games left.

Jordan Cousins looked to have earned the visitors a point when he fired in from the edge of the box on his left just after the hour mark.

Matt Phillips had earlier given Rangers a fortuitous lead with a cross-shot.

The visitors went into the game on the back of a two-match unbeaten run, but found mid-table Rangers too tough to handle.

Seb Polter and Tjaronn Chery had chances before Phillips' opener, while Jose Riga's side were limited to Callum Harriott's shot off the bar.

Cousins scored against the run of play, but Ademola Lookman and Igor Vetokele passed up great chances to put Charlton in front.

And El Khayati's strike lit up Loftus Road and ensured a miserable trip back to south-east London for the seemingly doomed Addicks.

QPR manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink:

"At times you need a bit of luck and your keeper to be smart. I must say that Alex Smithies won us the game today.

"I am happy for Nasser but more happy for the team that we stuck at it, kept going, and in the end we finished them off even though we needed help from our keeper.

"I must say we put ourselves in that difficult situation as we had the chance to score and make it 2-0, and if you take that you go on and score three or four.

"If that chance goes in it kills Charlton's spirit. But it gave them more 'animal' to carry on."

Charlton boss Jose Riga:

"At the end of the match, conceding a goal like that when you have the possibility yourselves to win is cruel.

"It was a good performance. Okay, the first half was more complicated and we conceded a goal, but the reaction was good.

"It's a sad story. The only hope is that the Charlton fans can see again that the side was really competitive, with not just good spirit, but a style of play.

"When you do your job as we did today, at least your own feeling is that you have done your job."