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Teemu Pukki (right) joined Norwich from Danish side Brondby this summer

Norwich City recorded a third successive Championship win as Teemu Pukki's second-half goal was enough to beat Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road.

The Finland international chested in Marco Stiepermann's cross from the left wing on 71 minutes to net his fifth goal in as many games for club and country.

Rangers came close to an equaliser when Luke Freeman's powerful effort from distance was tipped over by Canaries keeper Tim Krul, while Eberechi Eze fired wide from outside the box.

The west Londoners had taken 10 points from four games heading into the match but Steve McClaren's side suffered their fifth defeat of the league campaign despite putting the visitors under late pressure.

Norwich had gone eight months without an away win in the Championship but now have two in the space of four days, adding to their victory at Reading in midweek.

Daniel Farke's men bossed possession and almost went ahead midway through the first half when Pukki was inches away from getting on the end of Jamal Lewis' low cross.

Pukki's fifth league goal of the season was a good piece of improvisation as the in-form striker diverted the ball past R's keeper Joe Lumley from 10 yards out after Stiepermann's ball in had flicked off Toni Leistner.

Rangers rarely tested Tim Krul in the Norwich goal, with the Dutchman making a routine save from Nahki Wells just before the break.

Victory moves Norwich into the top half of the table, with the Canaries now two points off the play-off places, while QPR remain 16th.