Two serious injuries compounded a tough afternoon for Brentford as Queens Park Rangers scored three times in 10 minutes to overturn a one-goal deficit.

Neal Maupay, who is the league’s leading scorer, was stretchered off on the stroke of half-time after drawing first blood on 21 minutes in the west London clash.

QPR would come out firing in the second 45 minutes to score through Joel Lynch, Massimo Luongo, and Nakhi Wells during a momentous spell.

After Henrik Dalsgaard’s neat footwork allowed him to fire home in the 81st minute, Said Benrahma would become a second casualty on the wet afternoon.

Brentford, who last defeated Millwall 2-0 at home, have now slipped to 15th in the Sky Bet Championship table as rivals QPR rise to 10th place.

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Thomas Frank opted for an unchanged starting 11 from the team which beat the Lions but brought in Finnish teenager Jaakko Oksanen and injury returnee Emiliano Marcondes.

After Sergi Canos went close, Geoff Cameron would threaten to hit a stunner from outside the box soon during the open exchanges.

The game was end-to-end at that stage and would soon have its first goal when Maupay followed up on a Said Benrahma effort which was parried away by Joe Lumley.

Daniel Bentley made an incredible double save before Romaine Sawyers cleared the ball off the line in one of QPR’s best chances of the half.

A fairly pleasing performance would be soured when Maupay, who grabbed his 12th of the campaign with the goal, was stretchered off with a concussion.

With Alan Judge replacing the hotshot, Brentford went into the second half with a marginal lead.

And it would be cancelled out five minutes in when Luongo slotted the ball in following frantic clearance attempts in and around the box.

Canos couldn’t turn in the loose ball after Benrahma forced Lumley into a quick save before QPR doubled their lead through Lynch.

The defender was there to stab the ball in after an indirect free-kick saw it come dangerously goal to Bentley’s goal in the 57th minute.

After taking the lead for the first time in the rivalry clash, QPR rode their momentum to the third when Wells fought off Ezri Konsa to slot the ball into the bottom corner in the 60th minute.

There would be spells in the final 20 minutes which mirrored the end-to-end exchanges seen earlier, but Dalsgaard pulled one back with neat footwork to beat Lumley with a low drive.

But amid the celebrations were concerns as Benrahma was stretchered off and replaced with Josh Clarke after Josh McEachran was replaced with Josh Dasilva.

Brentford had a last-gasp chance to secure a dramatic finish after Bentley went up for the last corner, however, it was punched clear following four minutes of added time.