Stoke City 0-1 Queens Park Rangers: Albert Adomah's strike sees QPR secure Championship status with win over Potters
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Gareth Ainsworth took over as Rangers manager in February
Albert Adomah's second-half goal earned victory over Stoke City and ensured QPR will play Championship football next season.
The home side dominated possession, but failed to make the most of their opportunities and Adomah slotted in a rebound to put the R's ahead soon after the restart.
Gareth Ainsworth's side, who sat just four points above the drop prior to kick-off, withstood sustained pressure from the Potters after the break.
But a resolute performance from QPR keeper Seny Dieng saw him make fine saves from Josh Laurent and Tyrese Campbell to ensure a second successive win - just their third in 22 league games.
The R's earned their second successive win following the shock 2-1 victory at Burnley last time out, ensuring first back-to-back successes in the league since October, which came under former boss Michael Beale.
Stoke, who have now lost four home league games on the bounce for the first time since October 2019, have gone six games without a win.
In an uninspiring first half the Potters failed to muster a single attempt on target, while QPR's only effort of the half saw Jamal Lowe's tame strike from distance easily fielded by Bonham.
After Adomah's strike, Stoke continued to have the upper hand but it took until beyond the 70th minute before they created a clear opportunity when Laurent forced a strong save from Dieng.
QPR nearly extended their lead with 10 minutes to go when veteran striker Chris Martin's header was saved by keeper Jack Bonham.
Josh Tymon almost salvaged a point, but was denied by the excellent Dieng and Stoke - who were already well safe from relegation - were booed off by disgruntled home fans at the final whistle.
QPR manager Gareth Ainsworth told BBC Radio London:
"The efforts and the belief that the boys have given me; I can't single anyone out because every single one of them was brilliant.
"Every single one of my players deserves to be a Championship player next year - if not higher - and I'm looking forward to working with them again.
"[This club] means everything to me. The Hoops were an absolute honour to wear and now I'm too old and too knackered to get them on, so I put 11 boys out there who can give the same amount of commitment that I did as a player - and more.
"Hopefully we can keep moving this club moving forward because it has been through the mill and the expectation level is all over the place. We need to reset and to be able to do that in the Championship next year is amazing for me."
Stoke manager Alex Neil told BBC Radio Stoke:
"I think that game has pretty much summed up our season. We had a lot of the ball but it's irrelevant when you can't make it count.
"To then concede the goal in the manner which we did was really disappointing. We huffed and puffed without really looking like we were going to be that threatening in the game.
"We're finding it really difficult to combat against these types of teams. We have got to be better. In the window there was a few elements I wanted to add that we didn't have the luxury to do, but we will in the summer.
"I think we'll be far more equipped next season to be able to cope with that kind of game."