Match Report – Norwich 4 – 0 QPR

Pukki scores for the season 26 goals in the league

Teemu Pukki scored two goals as Norwich moved closer to the Sky Bet title with a comfortable 4-0 victory over QPR without manager on Saturday.

QPR, who fired coach Steve McClaren earlier in the week, was blown away in the first half at Carrow Road.

Emiliano Buendia scored after six minutes, but Marco Stiepermann opened the scoring for a second, then Pukki added a third place after a defensive confusion in the 38th minute.

In the 71st minute, Buendia was the victim of a serious tackle on Josh Scowen, but Norwich remained in control and added a fourth place to Pukki to give Leeds eight points ahead of the table.

Leeds and Sheffield United, third, who are 10 points behind the gap, may narrow the gap on Saturday, but Norwich now seems almost badured of going into the Premier League after three seasons in the league.

Admittedly, it would be difficult to see a team stop Norwich if she played as she had done in the first period against the Rangers, who were headed by John Eustace after McClaren's dismissal.

Max Aarons was preparing Buendia home in the sixth minute, before Joe Lumley managed to counter a Stiepermann shot in the middle of the field.

QPR was unable to gain a foothold in the match and was fortunate not to be relegated to the background when Lumley was rescued by Onel Hernandez, who then opened fire when he should have quarreled with Pukki.

Hernandez also dismissed the shot before Buendia was denied by Lumley at the near post.

Tim Krul was summoned for the first time in the 37th minute to allow Angel Rangel to score a recovery, but QPR then offered a third goal to Norwich, Luke Freeman giving the ball out of his own court and Pukki ahead of Lumley.

Norwich seemed to relax a bit in the second half and Krul even had to take a short break to keep a Darnell Furlong head.

Buendia was then deported while diving into Scowen on the left-back.

But that had no impact on the match as Pukki scored again in the 85th minute to bring his total to 26 for the season in the Championship.

The man of the match – Teemu Pukki

Pukki ended a four-goal drought with another impressive performance for Norwich. His moves on the field were excellent and he ended coldly the two clear opportunities that presented themselves to him.

Managers

Daniel Farke: "We have controlled the game, we have been brilliant in the first half and we have created a lot of opportunities.I am even more happy with the clean goal.It is always a guarantee of quality of power. control the game and it was important to finish today with a blank sheet. "

John Eustace: "It was a difficult afternoon, I was really disappointed with the way we started the game, we changed shape at half-time and we were more competitive, but we're a little lacking in trust for the moment and you will probably be able to see it. "

And after?

Norwich will host Reading Wednesday and will then travel to Wigan next Sunday for Sky sports.

QPR will visit Millwall on Wednesday before hosting Swansea on Saturday.