WARBURTON: DYKES CAN HURT LIONS

3 Austin 20, Johansen 60, Adomah 90+2 LUTON TOWN 1 Dewsbury-hall 43

MARK WARBURTON hopes protecting Lyndon Dykes so he can star for Scotland in the Euros will not backfire on England.

QPR boss Warburton played down fears over a knee injury, revealing Dykes was withdrawn at half-time as a precaution.

Now Warburton is hoping the striker (above, receiving treatment), whose header set up Charlie Austin for Rangers’ opener, will not have a big impact against the Three Lions on June 18. Warburton said: “Lyndon was desperate to come back on the pitch.

“He thought he was OK but the doctor said no. We have to look after him.

“He has a big summer ahead of him, hopefully he won’t score against England at Wembley.”

Luton deservedly levelled on 43 minutes through impressive loanee Kiernan Dewsbury-hall. But the hosts secured a top 10 finish thanks to Stefan Johansen’s dinked goal and Albert Adomah’s late tap-in.

Hatters manager Nathan Jones wants to keep Leicester midfielder Dewsbury-hall for a second season. He said: “If there’s any way that we can get him back, we will do that. But when we take talented players they usually develop at such a rate that it’s very difficult to see them again, and that’s a credit to our environment.”

QPR: Dieng 7, Kakay 6 (Adomah 76, 5), Dickie 6, De Wijs 7, Barbet 6, Wallace 6; Johansen 8 (Cameron 85), Chair 7 (Thomas 76, 5), Willock 6, Dykes 6 (Field 46, 6), Austin 6 (Bonne 66, 6)

LUTON: Sluga 6, Bree 7 (Pereira 86), Bradley 6, Pearson 6, Naismith 7, Mpanzu 7, Rea 6 (Berry 71) , Dewsbury-hall 7, Cornick 7 (Lualua 71, 5), Adebayo 6, Moncur 6 (Collins 71, 5)

REFEREE: Tony Harrington

MOTM STEFAN JOHANSEN (QPR)