Two goals from Matty Fryatt, either side of the break, gave Leicester City a tremendous win over a powerful QPR side at Loftus Road tonight for a second successive away win.

City are now level on 27 points with Newcastle at the top of the Championship table and they had to come from behind to get there in a frantic, all-action clash that had tension and excitement right to the last seconds.

City boss Nigel Pearson made two changes from the side that won at Reading. Back into the side came Bruno Berner and Dany N'Guessan for, respectively, Ryan McGivern and Paul Gallagher who were on the bench. Monday night's goal hero Martyn Waghorn kept his place up front.

It was City who were first to show, a Berner pass sending Matty Fryatt in but he was turned back by sound defending. To underline the blistering pace of the action, moments later at the other end a shot on the turn by Gary Borrowdale found the side netting before the see-saw swung again, a Fryatt driven cross just eluding Waghorn in the middle.

The home side then threatened, a Wayne Routledge run ending with a shot deflected to safety then Wayne Brown made a brilliant saving tackle when Adel Taarabt, on a super run, got all the way through into the area but again City were not sitting back.

A cut-back by Fryatt to N'Guessan was only just deflected away from the winger then City did have the ball in the net, from Waghorn's touch off a Fryatt cross from the left but it was off-side and Rangers then came on strong, Peter Ramage getting in on the right for a cut-back only just cleared, Alejandro Faurlin bringing a great top-corner save from Chris Weale from a free-kick and Taarabt twisting and turning but denied a clear shooting chance.

But he was not denied moments later as, in the 32nd minute, he pounced on the ball after it had broken off a tackle and steered the ball home from near the edge of the area.

The same player came close to doubling the lead moments later but sent the ball wide and soon City were back on terms.

Good work by N'Guessan on the left saw his cross headed home by Fryatt in the middle in the 36th minute to level this pulsating encounter, no more than the visitors deserved and both side strived for the advantage but that was how it stood at the interval. 

The second half was no less frantic from the start, Waghorn being given just off-side in an early chance then an N'Guessan run and cross was only inches away from being converted by Waghorn in the middle, a Wellens cross then being headed wide by N'Guessan.

Oakley then broke from midfield and when he was checked in the area, the ball broke to Robbie Neilson whose shot was wide of the near post but Rangers replied when a Buzsaky shot flew very close to the target from distance.

But in the 63rd minute, City took the lead. A bad kick out by keeper Radek Cerny went straight to Fryatt and the City man ran in and made no mistake with a cool finish to set up a very tense finish to what had always been an exciting contest.

It was all a bit backs-to-the-wall for City and Weale made a great save from Routledge who had burst into the area, taking a cut on the head for his pains. Bandaged, he continued and City came close to sealing the win when, from a corner on the left, Brown saw his header deflected away from danger by Fitz Hall.

Deep in injury time, City had to defend a free-kick 30 yards out but as soon as the shot rebounded off the wall, the final whistle sounded and the Blue Army roared their approval.

City: Weale; Neilson, Hobbs, Brown, Berner, Oakley, A King, Wellens, N'Guessan, Fryatt, Waghorn. Subs: Logan, McGivern (90 for Waghorn), Morrison, Howard, Dyer, Kermorgant, Gallagher (75 for Fryatt).

Booked: Neilson, N'Guessan, Oakley.

QPR: Cerny Ramage, Stewart, Leigertwood, Routledge, Buzsaky, Gorkss, Faurlin, Simpson, Borrowdale, Taarabt. Subs: Heaton, Hall (54 for Stweart), Vine (66 for Ramage), Agyemang (85 for Taarabt), Alberti, Ainsworth, Parker.

Referee: J Moss 

Attendance: 17,082