JARROD LATE SHOW TIPS IT FOR THE TIGERS

Premiership-bound Bowen plays his part.. again

JARROD BOWEN did nothing to justify his status as a Premier League target – until it really mattered.

The Hull striker had barely a kick, let alone a chance to add to his 15 league goals this season.

But with a minute left, he flighted a free-kick to the far post for Jackson Irvine (inset) to half-volley the winner to complete an unlikely comeback win. It was not what Bowen made a name for with 22 goals last season and six strikes in his previous five games against yesterday’s opponents.

But Tigers boss Grant Mccann was happy enough as his team stayed three points behind the play-off places.

“Jarrod is having a tremendous season and if he isn’t scoring, he’s creating,” Mccann said.

“He was in a difficult role and wasn’t going to have a lot of the ball but he delivered that one moment of magic to win the game.”

Hull’s promotion hopes took a knock when midfielder Ilias Chair gave QPR the lead on 20 minutes.

But George Honeyman levelled with his first goal for the Tigers since arriving from Sunderland in August and he will never score an easier one thanks to QPR keeper Joe Lumley’s dropped cross.

Rangers recovered and peppered the Hull goal until that late sucker punch.

QPR boss Mark Warburton said: “They have some really good players so we had to be organised and we were. The ball kept flashing across their box but we didn’t put it in the net.

“We looked really good but the score says 2-1 Hull and that’s the hard part.”

CITY NICK IT Jarrod Bowen played his part in late win for Hull