Thibaut Courtois was the subject of praise from Jose Mourinho after Chelsea defeated QPR 1-0 on Sunday.

The Belgian gloveman made a couple of classy saves at Loftus Road which kept the Premier League leaders in the contest prior to Cesc Fabregas' winner in the 88th minute.

Courtois let in two goals in the narrow 3-2 victory over Hull City before conceding to Charlie Adam's stunner in last weekend's 2-1 win over Stoke City and Mourinho urged him to respond against the R's.

"He helped us win the match," Mourinho said.

"I thought Courtois did very well, he was there for us.

"I told him at the start of the week after Hull and after Charlie Adam, we need him to give us a couple of points with a couple of saves and he did it."