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 McConville 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 McLean'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 McLean'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."