Jim Magilton insisted it was a nice feeling to 'win ugly,' as the R's left it late to bag all three points against Sheffield Wednesday.

After Jay Simpson's early opener was cancelled out by Jermaine Johnson, Kaspars Gorkss stooped to head home Alejandro Faurlin's 82nd minute corner to seal maximum points.

"It was the perfect time to score," Magilton told www.qpr.co.uk.

"We have enough dead-ball specialists in our squad to provide the quality that's needed to score from set-pieces, so it was nice to win it through Gorkssy's header.

"We should probably score a lot more from dead balls than we do, but I can't fault the lads at all.

"It was an ugly win, but that's just as satisfying for me and the rest of the lads in the dressing room as it is winning four or five."

Magilton added: "It's a nice win for us heading into the international break.

"We've got an awful lot of credit this year for our attacking prowess, but today we had to dig in and the lads showed they have the quality to do that.

"Make no mistake about it, Hillsborough is a very difficult place to come and get a result.

"We knew we'd have to weather a storm with them kicking towards The Kop in the second half, but despite a few scares, we stood up to them and in the end our class shone through from the set-piece."

The win lifted Rangers in to fourth spot, but Magilton insists the hard work is very much ahead for his charges.

"We're by no means the finished article - not by a long stretch," he said.

"However, this is a very significant result for us and I couldn't be more delighted."