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Tomor Hemed has scored seven goals in 26 appearances for QPR this season

Queens Park Rangers eased their relegation worries with a 4-0 thrashing of Swansea City that effectively ended the Welsh club's faint hopes of reaching the Championship play-offs.

Despite being without a manager and the Swans having won four on the spin, the hosts tore into the Welsh side.

Goals from Darnell Furlong and two from Tomer Hemed put Rangers 3-0 in front after just 15 minutes at Loftus Road.

Any hopes of a comeback evaporated when Massimo Luongo scored on 54 minutes.

QPR came into this match having lost four of their past five league matches against Swansea, but this was a contest where the form books went straight out the window.

The Londoners had won just one league game in 2019 before this, the joint-fewest in the top four English divisions along with Huddersfield Town and Fulham, while the Swans' four successive wins was their best run of the entire campaign.

However, you would never have known which side was battling relegation as QPR ripped Graham Potter's side to shreds in a devastating opening 15 minutes.

Furlong swooped to head them in front from a corner after three minutes before Hemed out-muscled the Swansea defender to find a second two minutes later.

Hemed then converted Josh Scowen's brilliant cross from six yards to essentially wrap up the points with 75 minutes remaining in the match.

Swansea made two changes at the interval in a bid to turn the tide, but Cameron Carter-Vickers' header against the crossbar was as close as they came, though Daniel James' effort was cleared off the line.

However, Luongo added to the scoreline when the Swans again failed to properly defend a set-piece to ease QPR to 17th in the Championship, eight points clear of the drop zone.

Queens Park Rangers caretaker manager John Eustace on the vacant manager's job:

"I took over for as long as it takes for them to find a new manager.

"I haven't applied. Les (Ferdinand) asked me to help the club until they find somebody and that's what I'm doing.

"The boys have been excellent and their performance today was excellent.

"I'm happy in the role and there are no problems there. All I'm thinking about is preparing the lads for Friday."

Swansea City manager Graham Potter told BBC Sport Wales:

"It was a tough afternoon, QPR fully deserved their win. We've had a good run with high performances levels... but this was an uncomfortable afternoon for us.

"They pressed us high and tried to stop us playing and we didn't recognise where the space was quickly enough.

"QPR were better than us today and deserved their win. We apologise to our fans who came to watch."