Leicester City 4-0 QPR - 5th April 2010

Leicester City snapped a four game losing streak this afternoon with a 4-0 rout of QPR at the Walkers Stadium.

Two goals from Martyn Waghorn and a goal each from Andy King and Steve Howard ensured that Leicester remained sixth in the Championship, having previously taken just one point from a possible fifteen.

Andy King scored the opener for the home side after just five minutes when he latched on to Steve Howard’s clever nod down into the penalty area to score from six yards.

However, it was QPR who looked the better of the two teams for much of the first half, as Wayne Brown’s sliding tackle denied Lee Cook who should have equalised from close range.

The visitors also had a goal disallowed after Jay Simpson deflected Mikele Leigertwood's free kick past Leicester keeper Chris Weale - but the ex-Arsenal player was adjudged to have been offside.

The Foxes struck again just before the break when QPR keeper Carl Ikeme’s badly timed clearance fell straight to Martyn Waghorn, who finished calmly from 30 yards to make it 2-0.

Waghorn scored his second of the game early shortly after half time, capping off a fine Leicester counter attack with a stunning long range strike which hit the underside of the bar on its way into the net, taking his goal tally to eleven for the season.

The Sunderland loanee was desperately unlucky not to score his hat-trick on the hour mark, as his 25-yard free kick struck the crossbar, while his effort moments later was excellently saved by Ikeme.

QPR were unfortunate to not score later in the half as Adel Taarabt’s shot hit the outside of the post.

But the home side finished strongly as Steve Howard’s header with twelve minutes to go capped off a comprehensive eleventh home league win for Leicester and reignited their playoff ambitions.

It was a crucial victory too for Nigel Pearson’s men, as fellow promotion hopefuls Swansea, Blackpool and Middlesborough all picked up three points to keep the playoff race interesting.

The result also meant that QPR, who had only lost once in their last seven games, lie only two points above the relegation zone following their eleventh away loss of the season, with games against Cardiff and Newcastle still to play.

Man of the Match – Martyn Waghorn