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Nottingham Forest captain Henri Lansbury netted his side's equaliser from the penalty spot

Nottingham Forest won away from home for the first time since February, coming from behind to beat 10-man QPR.

Charlie Austin, who remained at Loftus Road despite Premier League interest during the summer, netted his fifth goal of the season from 20 yards.

Henri Lansbury levelled from the spot past Alex Smithies after QPR goalkeeper Robert Green had been sent off for bringing down debutant Chris O'Grady.

Another new Forest signing, substitute Nelson Oliveira, slotted in the winner.

QPR missed out on a fourth straight league win, while the visitors won for the first time in four games.

While Austin was inevitably the main focus, having stayed with Rangers beyond the transfer deadline, it was O'Grady who was able to turn the game in his side's favour.

Green was sent off for the first time since being red-carded for West Ham against Blackpool in 2012

After a dour first half of few chances, Austin broke the deadlock with a low left-footed shot that beat the diving Dorus de Vries.

But O'Grady, a loan signing from Brighton on deadline day, worked tirelessly throughout as Forest's lone front man and earned the penalty on which the game turned.

Green attempted to control a backpass but allowed the ball to squirm away from him, and committed a foul as O'Grady nipped in.

Replacement goalkeeper Smithies failed to keep out Lansbury's drilled spot-kick and was beaten again shortly afterwards by Oliveira, who side-footed home from 15 yards.

Forest, who were in action for the first time since top scorer Michail Antonio joined West Ham for a reported £7m, held on for their first win on the road since beating Reading 3-0 on 28 February.

Nelson Oliveira (r) scored Forest's winner 13 minutes after coming off the bench

QPR head coach Chris Ramsey:

"I thought the backpass was poor and Rob made a decision, thought he could deal with it and unfortunately the guy (O'Grady) did well to keep running at him and cause him to bring him down.

"Then for the winning goal, I thought we could have defended that better. That goal wasn't down to us being down to 10 men, that was poor defensive play.

"It's very disappointing. At the time we had 11 players on the field I thought there was only going to be one winner."

Nottingham Forest boss Dougie Freedman:

"I felt we were the better side and deserved to win the game. We played some fabulous football in the first half and took the sting out of the crowd.

"QPR had a 15-minute spell in the second half but, even when it was 11 versus 11, I felt were we playing well.

"Obviously the sending-off helped, although I felt that but for a trademark goal from Charlie Austin we were the better team."