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Philippe Clement was in charge of his third Norwich game after succeeding the sacked Liam Manning earlier this month Philippe Clement secured his first victory as Norwich City manager as the Canaries ended a 13-game winless run with a 3-1 victory over Queens Park Rangers. Emiliano Marcondes gave the Canaries a ninth-minute lead from close range, but the London side were level two minutes later thanks to Rumarn Burrell. But the hosts looked nothing like a side battling in the relegation places as they scored twice in three first-half minutes to earn a first victory since 30 August. First, QPR's Amadou Mbengue turned a corner into his own net before Amankwah Forson curled in an excellent effort. Josh Sargent had a fourth goal disallowed for offside after an hour as former Rangers boss Clement tasted victory in his third game since taking charge of Norwich. The Canaries remain second-from-bottom of the Championship, but the victory cuts the gap to safety to four points, while QPR's first loss in four games sees them slip one place to 13th. Norwich had not been winless in 14 games since April 1998 and looked in no mood to match that record as Forson and Sargent had early half chances. Marcondes gave the hosts a deserved lead - having been unmarked at the far post from a corner the Dane's first shot on the swivel was blocked, but Ruairi Mc Conville was able to head it back to him and he blasted in low from six yards out. But Norwich's recent defensive frailties were on display soon after as Burrell equalised - the Jamaican got in front of his marker at the near post and tucked away Sam Field's cross as the hosts failed to defend a corner. However, they showed an attacking intent they had been lacking for much of the season as QPR goalkeeper Paul Nardi reacted superbly to palm away Kenny Mc Lean's 19th-minute defected effort. City - who had failed to score more than once in a game since 20 September - made the game safe with two quickfire goals shortly after the half-hour mark. Mbengue knew little about his own goal as Mc Lean's corner evaded the players at the near post and came off him three yards out, while Forson capped a fine flowing move from Oscar Schwartau, Marcondes and Sargent to make it 3-1 with a perfectly weighted curling left-footed effort. The hosts locked down their opponents after the break as they gained more and more confidence. Sargent thought he had made it 4-1 on the hour as he tapped in Schwartau's cross from the left, but the Danish winger was adjudged to have been offside in the build-up. Substitute Jacob Wright's header forced Nardi into an excellent save 10 minutes from the end while he also stopped Shane Duffy's header from the resulting corner. Norwich City head coach Philippe Clement told BBC Radio Norfolk: "It's not about me, that's not so important, and I knew that if we worked hard this moment would come. "It's more important for the players, for the club and for the fans also. "What you saw during the game and after the game was the synergy is totally back, it was lost a few weeks ago. "So it's back now and they see a team fighting, but also a team creating, playing good football and of course we can still improve a lot of things. "But the mentality of the players is positive to get three deserved points. " QPR head coach Julien Stephan said: "In the first half we lacked the intensity and quality required and got punished. "We changed it at half-time (with three substitutions) and although we were a bit better we needed to get a second goal early on and it didn't come. We had a few chances but didn't take them. "In the end you have to congratulate Norwich on playing a good game and they deserved to win. But it has still been a good week for us, six points out of nine with two of those games being away, and we need to put this behind us. " After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Last Updated 29th November 2025 at 16: 58 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Philippe Clement Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Julien Stéphan Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Philippe Clement Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Julien Stéphan Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Championship All competitions All competitions All competitions Norwich City have lost just one of their last 10 league games against QPR (W4 D5), a 3-0 away loss in December 2024. QPR are winless in their last 10 away league games against Norwich (D4 L6) since a 1-0 victory in September 2008. Norwich are winless in their last 13 league games (D4 L9); they last failed to win 14 in a row in April 1998 in the second tier. QPR have won five of their last 10 Championship games on a Saturday (D2 L3), one more than in their previous 31 such games (D13 L14). Four of Norwich’s last eight goals in the Championship have been scored by Jovon Makama, netting last time out against Oxford United to help them secure their first home point of 2025-26. Match ends, Norwich City 3, Queens Park Rangers 1. Second Half ends, Norwich City 3, Queens Park Rangers 1. Pelle Mattsson (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Michael Frey (Queens Park Rangers). Attempt saved. Isaac Hayden (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Vladan Kovacevic (Norwich City). Attempt saved. Paul Smyth (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Vladan Kovacevic (Norwich City). Corner, Queens Park Rangers. Conceded by Ruairi Mc Conville. Matej Jurásek (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Ilias Chair (Queens Park Rangers). Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time. Attempt blocked. Michael Frey (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rumarn Burrell. Substitution, Norwich City. Mathias Kvistgaarden replaces Josh Sargent. Substitution, Norwich City. Matej Jurásek replaces Oscar Schwartau. Attempt missed. Ilias Chair (Queens Park Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Rumarn Burrell following a fast break. Paul Smyth (Queens Park Rangers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Pelle Mattsson (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Paul Smyth (Queens Park Rangers). Shane Duffy (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Foul by Shane Duffy (Norwich City). Paul Nardi (Queens Park Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.