Ten-man QPR hit back to stun Middlesbrough

Queens Park Rangers continued their unbeaten start to the season with a 3-2 win at Middlesbrough – despite falling behind and being reduced to 10 men when Moses Odubajo was shown a second yellow card.

That formed part of a dramatic second half which started with Boro captain Jonny Howson turning Lee Wallace’s cross into his own net to cancel out Uche Ikpeazu’s seventh-minute penalty.

Six minutes after Odubajo was sent off, QPR took the lead when striker Lyndon Dykes hammered the ball low and through former teammate Joe Lumley’s legs.

It looked like Boro would still make the extra man count when Matt Crooks’ cool finish levelled things up again after 72 minutes. But less than four minutes later Chris Willock, who set up QPR’S second, found the net himself with a calm finish into the bottom corner to give his side seven points from nine.

Nottingham Forest suffered a third straight defeat as Blackburn claimed a 2-1 win at the City Ground.

Philip Zinckernagel looked to have earned Chris

Hughton’s side a point when he hammered Forest level in the 69th minute, to cancel out Daniel Ayala’s goal, which had come two minutes into the second half.

But Darragh Lenihan’s 86th-minute header piled on the misery and Jordan Gabriel collected a second yellow card on 90 minutes.

Dominic Solanke and Jaidon Anthony showed Bournemouth coach Scott Parker there is life without wantaway striker Arnaut Danjuma after hitting late goals to claim a 2-0 win at Birmingham.