Tony Mowbray believes the 3-0 scoreline was 'harsh' on QPR as Sunderland won at Loftus Road to climb into the play-off spots and up to fifth place. The Black Cats boss pointed to Anthony Patterson's penalty save from Ilias Chair in the second period, when Sunderland held just a single-goal lead thanks to Luke O'Nien's first-half strike, as a potential turning point in the match, saying it could have been very different if the Londoners had drawn level.
Instead, Jack Clarke went on to add two goals in the final ten minutes of the match to ensure there was no way back for out-of-form QPR, who are on a ten-game winless streak in all competitions. "I wouldn't say it was comfortable," said Mowbray of the win.
"I like the way QPR play, they like to build up, they gave us plenty of problems in the first 20 minutes of both halves. They have a way of playing, we have obviously studied them, and we changed our system a bit because we felt we could hurt them on the transition because they play really expansive football.
