Football League: Birmingham hold on in seven-goal thriller at QPR

• Che Adams scores hat-trick as QPR miss injury-time penalty
• Luton win fifth game in five; Macclesfield rescue late point

Che Adams scored a first-half hat-trick as Birmingham ended their 13-year wait for a win at QPR in thrilling fashion, taking a 4-0 lead inside 42 minutes but then conceding three goals and enduring a frantic finale in which Lee Camp saved an injury-time penalty from Nahki Wells. Adams has now scored seven in his past five games as his fine form fuels Blues’ play-off push. The 4-3 win moves Garry Monk’s side up to eighth, four points behind sixth-placed Bristol City, who beat Blackburn 1-0 at Ewood Park thanks to a scruffy Eros Pisano strike in the 80th minute. Derby, in seventh, beat play-off hopefuls Hull 2-0 at Pride Park thanks to a Martyn Waghorn double that keeps Frank Lampard’s side just behind the play-off pack.

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