Championship

Hoops dismiss Ainsworth after another sorry loss

by
The LeaguePaper Team
29 October 2023

Star Game
But Foxes stay five clear at summit
By David McIntyre

QPR 1
Dozzell 40

LEICESTER CITY 2
Mavdidi 30, Winks 80

STAR MAN
HARRY WINKS Leicester

Gareth Ainsworth was sacked by QPR after suffering a sixth defeat in a row as they went down to leaders Leicester at Loftus Road.
They pushed the Foxes all the way, eventually succumbing to Harry Winks’s 80th-minute winner, after Andre Dozzell – who was later sent off – had drawn the Hoops level after Stephy Mavididi had fired the visitors into the lead.
But around three hours after the full-time whistle sounded, the Hoops board decide...

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