English forward Harry Kane scored a brace to lift Tottenham Hotspur back into the top six in the Premier League table with a 2-1 win over a wasteful Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road on Saturday.
England hopeful Kane headed unmarked from an Andros Townsend free-kick to open the scoring in the 34th minute during the first half, and then went on to score his 16th Premier League goal of the season after the break following a through ball from Ryan Mason in the 68th minute.
Sandro pulled a goal back for QPR, who twice had appeals for penalties turned down by the referee and recorded their 18th defeat of the season that has left them three points adrift off safety in the bottom three, with just one win from the last 11 games, the BBC reported.
QPR remain without a win at home under head coach Chris Ramsey and still have to play three of the top five teams in their remaining 10 games.
In front of the watching England manager Roy Hodgson, Kane scored his 25th and 26th goals of the season in all competitions. Only Wolves striker Benik Afobe has scored as many in either the Premier League or Football League.
Hodgson would have also been keeping an eye on QPR's Charlie Austin with England to face Lithuania in a Euro 2016 qualifier and then Italy in a friendly at the end of March.
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QPR head coach Chris Ramsey claimed that they were very disappointed, adding that they thought they deserved at least a point from the game with two controversial penalty, which they need clarification on.
Ramsey insisted that they are going to need to take a look at those and they hope that they don't cost them at the end of the season, adding that they appreciate the referees have a difficult job and sometimes they go against a team. He said that there's a point where one needs a break, but admitted that they can't rely on that, and they need to keep working.
Meanwhile, Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino claimed that he is very proud of his side's performance, adding that they showed big character against a difficult opponent on a difficult stage.
Pochettino said that the way QPR play is long ball and on the edge of the box, they have strength in the air through Bobby Zamora and Charlie Austin, but insisted that his side handled it.
