QPR snatched a point from the jaws of defeat, as two second-half stoppage time strikes from Patrick Agyemang and Jamie Mackie earned the R's a dramatic share of the spoils at Pride Park.

On a rollercoaster afternoon for the Hoops, the Rams took the lead five minutes before half-time when Kris Commons expertly tucked away Dean Moxey's cutting centre from close range.

Rangers started the second half brightly, but they were further behind on 59 minutes when James Bailey put the hosts two goals to the good.

Tomasz Cywka found space down the left before squaring the ball back to Bailey on the edge of the penalty area, who swept the ball home into the bottom right-hand corner.

However, such is the spirit in the R's camp at present, they bounced back with two injury-time strikes in the second half to clinch a point.

First, Agyemang stole through on goal to slot home from 10-yards out following Leon Clarke's flick-on.

And five minutes into stoppage time, the comeback was complete.

Mackie evaded two challenges before bursting into the area and smashing the ball low past Stephen Bywater to send the travelling R's masses into delirium.

Rangers remained unchanged in a 4-2-3-1 formation for the trip to Derby.

Paddy Kenny was in goal for the R's, behind a back four of Bradley Orr, Matt Connolly, Kaspars Gorkss and Clint Hill.

Shaun Derry and Alejandro Faurlin were in defensive midfield, with Mackie, Adel Taarabt and Hogan Ephraim operating in more advanced positions.

Frontman Heidar Helguson led the Hoops attack.

In front of a healthy and loud R's following in the East Midlands, QPR were straight out of the traps and only a splendid one-handed save from Bywater ensured the match remained without a goal.

Hill's clearance from deep was superbly controlled by Ephraim, who in turn touched the ball to Taarabt.

The Moroccan magician danced past two players and into the area before unleashing a stinging low drive that was excellently beaten away from the target - but only as far as Mackie.

The R's attacker looked certain to net the follow-up, only for Mackie to see his shot blocked away on the goal-line for a corner kick.

Moments later, the Rams fashioned their first effort in on goal. Commons picked up possession midway into the QPR half, before running at the visitors' defence and drilling an effort just wide of Kenny's bottom left-hand post.

It was to be a lively opening 15 minutes, with the pre-match hype surrounding the much-anticipated clash of Taarabt and Robbie Savage living up to its billing at Pride Park.

Taarabt was soon involved again, firing a ridiculously ambitious free-kick just wide 35 yards from the target.

The match may have started at quite a pace, but a period of lull was soon to follow as a midfield battle began to ensue in the driving late summer rain.

It was a clash that the Rams momentarily took control when they took the lead on 40 minutes - the first goal that QPR have conceded this season.

Moxey played the architect, doing well to drive past his marker down the left and cut the ball back into the area for Commons.

Unmarked at the back post, Commons remained as cool as a cucumber to dink the ball over the diving Kenny and into the back of the net.

Just before the interval Taarabt again tried an audacious free-kick effort from 35-yards out, but his shot sailed handsomely over the goal.

Mindful of being one down, QPR came out for the second period with a spell of neat, intricate football in the opening five minutes.

Indeed, tidy possession play between Gorkss, Hill and Taarabt set Ephraim free before the R's wing wizard was brought down on the left-hand side of the box for a free-kick.

From the resultant set-piece, Taarabt's lovely, out-swinging corner needed only a touch to find the target but the ball was nodded behind for a corner.

However, though they made a positive start to the closing half, QPR found themselves two behind on 59 minutes.

Fantastic endeavour from substitute Cywka saw the striker beat his marker down the left-hand channel before he cut back and laid the ball to Bailey on the edge of the penalty area.

Bailey took a touch before executing a fantastic finish, curling the ball around Kenny and into the bottom right-hand corner of the goal.

In an attempt to reduce the deficit, R's gaffer Neil Warnock made three changes in next ten minutes that were to follow, with Derry, Helguson and Taarabt making way for Akos Buzsaky, Agyemang and Clarke respectively.

The substitutions didn't have an immediate impact, but as stoppage time approached Rangers would defy the odds to snatch a remarkable point.

It was to be one of the substitutes who hauled QPR right back into the affair.

Following a long ball from deep, Clarke won the ball midway into the Rams half to knock the ball on for Agyemang.

The striker did brilliantly well to beat his marker - and his finish was even better, tucking the ball away from an acute angle past Bywater.

If anyone deserved a point for their individual display it was the hard-working Mackie, whose determination to suceed was ever-present even when the R's looked dead and buried.

And he got his reward in some style in the fifth minute of added time.

Mackie picked up possession just outside the box, before muscling his way past two challenges and drilling the ball home low past Bywater into the bottom left-hand corner - cueing absolute carnage amongst the R's faithful in the visitors' end.