chelsea moved another step closer to securing the premier league title, after cesc fabregas scored an 87 minute winner at loftus road, to condemn queens park rangers to a devastating defeat jose mourinho's side struggled to get into their rhythm and had thibaut courtois to thank, following a series of impressive saves to deny charlie austin and matt phillips here's how sportsmail rated each player queens park rangers  rob green   his dreadful kick led to chelsea's late winner not a moment he'll want to remember in hurry 55  mauricio isla   tasked with taming the interchanging hazard and willian and kept at his task admirably 65  steven caulker   alongside onuoha, the defender dealt with drogba's threat excellently 7  nedum onuoha   strong display from the versatile defender, who now looks at home at centre back 7  nedum onuoha (15) performed well at the back for qpr and kept didier drogba quiet throughout  clint hill   showed tremendous desire at left back and did well to combat both willian and hazard 7  matt phillips   has shone in recent weeks for rangers and caused chelsea problems with his pace 65  joey barton   hurried and hassled chelsea's midfield typical energy from the controversial midfielder 65  joey barton (centre) put in a good shift for the home side and made life difficult for chelsea's midfield  matt phillips (right) came close to scoring for qpr but his shot was brilliantly saved by courtois  sandro   put a real shift in for rangers and showed moments of quality, too denied a goal by courtois' brilliance 65  karl henry   his defensive instincts were vital as qpr tried to stem chelsea's attacking flow 65  bobby zamora   no wondergoal this week, but his experience was just as important in this west london derby 65  charlie austin   caused chelsea problems with his clever movement and went close on a couple of occasions 65  subs  niko kranjcar 6 (for sandro 81) junior hoilett 55 (for zamora 83); richard dunne (for isla 90) chris ramsey   65  charlie austin (left) nearly scored a spectacular effort in the first half but the chelsea keeper denied him  chelsea  thibaut courtois   the busier of the two keepers; produced a brilliant save in the second to deny phillips 75  branislav ivanovic   looked comfortable for much of the afternoon as opponent henry showed little attacking intent 65  gary cahill   stood up to the physical battle with austin and zamora with minimal fuss 65  the belgian goalkeeper was chelsea's stand out performer with a number of crucial saves  john terry   an unpopular figure at loftus road, but stood firm under hostilities from the home crowd 7  cesar azpilicueta   the left back was kept busy by phillips down qpr's right, but emerged with plenty credit 7  ramires   had little impact in midfield and was hauled off by mourinho early in the second half 5  nemanja matic   has had far better afternoons but, as ever, offered a solid enough shield to his back four 6  cesar azpilicueta (left) kept qpr's dangerous attackers quiet and was good going forward to join the attack  cesc fabregas   the masked midfielder was off key all afternoon before popping up with the winner 65  willian   tireless as ever down both chelsea flanks, but couldn't help his side break down resolute rangers 65  eden hazard   a quieter than usual afternoon for the belgian, but still provided a telling contribution for the winner 6  didier drogba   handed a rare start with remy and costa missing through injury, but had little impact on proceedings 6  subs:  oscar 6 (for ramires, 56); juan cuadrado 55 (for willian 80); kurt zouma (for fabregas) jose mourinho   65  man of the match: courtois  cesc fabregas (right) slotted home the winner after good work from eden hazard and oscar  hazard (right) had a fairly quiet afternoon but provided the assist for fabregas to win the clash 
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thibaut courtois was superb in chelsea's goal with a number of key saves . cesar azpilicueta and john terry impressed at the back for qpr . charlie austin caused problems and was brilliantly denied by courtois 