James Justin scored his second double of the season to help Leicester progress to the fourth round of the FA Cup with a crushing 6-2 win over QPR.
Ruud van Nistelrooy’s side played a professional game after the break to give the Dutchman his second win as manager, which could also give the Foxes momentum in their bid for Premier League survival.
Justin put Leicester ahead in foggy conditions at the King Power Stadium before QPR leveled with Jonathan Varane’s firecracker, but the hosts put some air between themselves and their Championship visitors with goals from Stephy Mavididi and Facundo Buonanotte.
On the stroke of half-time, Harry Winks lazily gifted Ryan Kolli a goal to reduce the deficit to 3-2, but that did not deter Leicester as they showed their supreme quality in the second 45.
Justin’s second, Jamie Vardy’s penalty on his 38th birthday and Wout Faes’s beauty – a 30-yard strike into the top corner after a mad dash forward – ended a run of five successive defeats.
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