QPR midfielder Tom Carroll insists he can handle the pressure-cooker environment of a play-off campaign.

The Tottenham youngster has featured 24 times for the Hoops since his loan switch to Loftus Road in September.

Carroll has forced his way back into the reckoning after a spell out of the side and is raring to go ahead of the end-of-season lottery, with a place in the Premier League the big prize up for grabs.

But the 21-year-old insists he can handle the heat as Harry Redknapp’s side try to bounce back from relegation at the first attempt.

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He said: "The pressure doesn’t faze me. It’s just like any other game – but the prize at the end of it is massive. With the squad we have here we’re capable of winning it.

"I came on in the north London derby at the Emirates. We had just had a man sent-off, so that didn't help. I felt fine in that environment, so if we do get to Wembley I don't think it will affect me.

"I took a sudden-death penalty against Stoke as well, but I've never been a big penalty man!

"I’ve never played at Wembley so hopefully we’ll get there. For any player it is a dream to play there and it is the best way to go up. It would be a nice experience."