Brentford fell to a fourth defeat in six Championship games as they lost 1-0 to league leaders Norwich City at Carrow Road.
The game was settled by a moment of magic from midfield maestro Emi Buendia who scored a brilliant individual goal midway through the first half to give his side the points.
The result leaves Brentford in second, ten points behind the Canaries with 12 games left to play.
Meanwhile, it is now back-to-back defeats for QPR as they lost 3-1 to in-form Barnsley at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium.
Charlie Austin’s equaliser cancelled out Daryl Dike’s opener but Alex Mowatt’s free-kick and Carlton Morris’ second-half goal gave the visitors the points.
In Tuesday night’s action, Mason Bennett’s late winner saw Millwall earn a 2-1 win over Preston North End at The Den and edge the Lions closer to the Championship Play-Off spots.
The deadlock was broken emphatically when Ched Evans lashed in a stunning early volley before Scott Malone levelled with a wonder goal of his own.
But Bennett beat the odds to win an aerial duel with Preston keeper Daniel Iversen and nod home the winner five minutes from time.
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In League One, Charlton Athletic got back to winning ways with a 1-0 win over strugglers Wigan Athletic at the DW Stadium.
Chuks Aneke scored the only goal of the game, making the most of a defensive mix-up between Curtis Tilt and Tendayi Darikwa to drill past Jamie Jones into the bottom corner on 19 minutes.
Elsewhere, AFC Wimbledon snatched a 1-1 draw at Shrewsbury Town with Ayoub Assal scoring six minutes from time after Harry Chapman had put the Shrews ahead.
And in League Two, Leyton Orient marked Jobi McAnuff’s first game as interim manager with a 1-0 victory against rock-bottom Grimsby.
Dan Happe came off the bench and settled the contest at Blundell Park as the O’s, who sacked Ross Embleton at the weekend, won for the first time since January 16.