QPR 1-4 Ipswich: George Hirst and Marcelino Nunez both score twice as Tractor Boys finally win away
Source: Sky Sports
Published 4 days ago
George Hirst and Marcelino Nunez scored twice as Ipswich stormed to a 4-1 victory at QPR.
Hirst opened the scoring after barely a minute at Loftus Road before Rumarn Burrell equalised midway through the first half.
Both Nunez's goals were from free-kicks, with the first restoring the visitors' lead at the start of the second half.
Hirst made it 3-1 after 57 minutes and Nunez added a fourth seven minutes later to seal a resounding win for the Suffolk side amid speculation linking their manager Kieran McKenna with Celtic.
Rangers were poor despite recently being boosted by the return of several key players, including Ilias Chair, who started a match for the first time since August.
George Hirst celebrates after opening the scoring for Ipswich at Loftus Road
Chair, so often his team's talisman, helped them hit back after their nightmare start with a trademark cut-in from the left flank to make room for a right-footed shot.
Goalkeeper Christian Walton could only parry Chair's low strike and Burrell pounced on the loose ball to score his third goal in his past four appearances.