Put simply, this was a must win game for the home side ahead of their final day trip to champions elect Manchester City but they were to face an unexpectedly attacking Potters outfit that features no less than four strikers.
Mark Hughes' men were gripped by nerves from the first whistle and the best of the chances in a nervy first half fell the way of City and it was R's old boy Peter Crouch who was guilty of missing on more than one occasion.
The big striker leapt above Anton Ferdinand but could only guide a header over Paddy Kenny's bar before the same player muscled Clint Hill out of it at the near post only to skew his shot wide.
Thomas Sorenson was given occasional work in a poor first hour but the hosts finally began to apply some consistent pressure in the final half hour and introduced the enigmatic Cisse to what eventually proved deadly effect.
The controversial Frenchman curled wide with ten minutes left but his big moment arrived in the 89th minute as Taye Taiwo's low cross found Cisse completely unmarked at the far post to roll into an empty net.
Loftus Road went into raptures and the roof was lifted off when news of Bolton's late demise filtered through. The result means QPR will travel to the Etihad Stadium with point advantage over Bolton in the race to beat the drop.
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