QUEENS Park Rangers boss Julien Stephan said his side showed “great character” to come back to beat Leicester City 3-1 at the King Power Stadium and arrest a four-match losing streak.
Jordan James gave Gary Rowett’s side a fourteenth-minute lead but the Hoops turned the game around either side of half-time when Harvey Vale levelled and then the same player crossed for Ben Nelson to turn into his own net.
Ronnie Edwards added a third in the 58th minute.
QPR had been dropping towards a relegation battle in the Championship but are now eleven points above the bottom three.
Rowett’s Foxes are two points from safety.
“We deserved this win because we showed great character, great personality, and very good collective connection,” Stephan said.
“Even though we conceded the first goal we stayed very focused on what we needed to do on the pitch. It was very important for me mentally that we stayed focused.
“We needed to manage cleverly at the end of the game and we did that very well.”
Former Millwall boss Rowett said: ”It was like Christmas morning if you’re QPR. We’ve given them three goals. I’m not taking anything away from their performance, they’ve worked incredibly hard to stop us getting into good areas.”
QPR play Portsmouth at Loftus Road on Saturday (3pm).
