• QPR 2-3 Liverpool, Premier League

Liverpool snatch points in astonishing finish at QPR

Eduardo Vargas thought he had earned QPR a point © Getty Images

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A Steven Caulker own goal in the 94th minute earned Liverpool all three points in an incredible final few minutes at Queens Park Rangers and heaped the pressure on Harry Redknapp.

After being played off the park in the first half, Liverpool led against the run-of-play shortly after the break when Richard Dunne put through his own net, but Eduardo Vargas equalised in the 87th minute.

Philippe Coutinho then looked to have won it when he scored just as the clock ticked over 90 minutes, before Vargas again equalised, this time with an expert header from a Leroy Fer corner.

Match Analysis

• Man of the match: Harry Redknapp handed Bobby Zamora his first start of the season and it paid off. The striker bullied Liverpool throughout and it is little surprise the madness all started after he went off.
• Villain: This one is shared between Richard Dunne and Steven Caulker. When you're bottom of the league and nothing is going for you, concentration is paramount. The own goals cost QPR the three points they deserved.
• Key moment: Seven yards out and the goal gaping, Leroy Fer should have given QPR the lead midway through the first half. Instead he hit the bar - oh how that could have made things so different.
• Alex Perry

But Liverpool broke clear in the 94th minute and Coutinho's delicious pass found Raheem Sterling who passed the ball into the path of Caulker who could do nothing but poke into his own net.

Redknapp handed Bobby Zamora his first start of the season and it proved to be the right decision as he outmuscled Liverpool's defenders throughout.

Charlie Austin, partnering Zamora up-front, forced Simon Mignolet into an early save when he went through one-on-one with the Liverpool goalkeeper.

Fer should have scored just before the half-hour mark when he was brilliantly found by Zamora, but the Dutchman hit the bar from seven yards with the goal gaping.

Fer hit the bar again five minutes later with a header, before Sandro and Austin failed to scramble in the rebound.

QPR continued to push after the break and Austin and Zamora again went close, before Mario Balotelli summed up a lacklustre performance by missing an own goal.

Dunne's own goal was the 11th of his career and 10 in the Premier League - a record - and looked like he had Vargas to thank before the incredible finish saw Liverpool back up the M6 with all three points.

Richard Dunne scored his 11th career own goal - and record 10th in the Premier League © Getty Images

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