Nelson Oliveira put his spat with new boss Daniel Farke firmly behind him by helping Norwich to a 2-0 win over QPR, their first Sky Bet Championship success of the season.

The Portuguese striker was dropped from the squad for City's recent Carabao Cup tie as punishment for his angry goal celebrations in front of Farke at Fulham on the opening day, after he had come off the bench to help the visitors secure a point.

But he returned to the fold after apologising for his antics - and marked his first start of the campaign by firing the Canaries ahead against the Hoops just after the break.

On-loan Southampton midfielder Harrison Reed later opened his Norwich account with a superb second as the Farke era got up and running at Carrow Road.

The Canaries were marginally better in a dull first half and should have taken the lead after 16 minutes when the recalled Mario Vrancic curled an inch-perfect cross onto the head of an unmarked Marcel Franke.

But from no more than eight yards out the big German defender guided his header straight at Alex Smithies, who was able to pull off a smart reaction stop.

Vrancic later saw a goal-bound effort blocked, while a Josh Murphy cross into the danger area was hacked clear by Jake Bidwell, but these were rare moments of excitement as two well-matched sides largely cancelled each other out.

Image: Harrison Reed hit a stunner for Norwich in the second half

Jamie Mackie saw an early snapshot palmed away by Angus Gunn with Rangers rarely threatening as they focused on keeping the Canaries out.

Farke's side, who were looking to put Sunday's disappointing 3-1 home defeat to Sunderland behind them, wasted no time getting their noses in front after the interval.

Less than three minutes had elapsed when the visitors were punished for carelessly giving away possession, with Vrancic slipping in a delightful ball for a just-onside Oliveira to slide the ball past an exposed keeper.

Rangers almost equalised immediately, with Mackie firing straight at Gunn from just outside the six-yard box when shooting to either side would have been a certain goal.

There was another scare for the hosts when Gunn failed to hold on to a long-range pile driver from substitute Kazenga LuaLua, with the hosts unable to capitalise on the loose ball,

But Norwich generally looked comfortable and confirmed the win on 82 minutes when Reed let fly from some 25 yards out and found the top corner of the Rangers net.

The managers

Daniel Farke: "I am very pleased with the win. After Sunderland everyone was very motivated for this game. We received some criticism after the defeat and to be fair it was justified because some of our defending was not good.

"I think you saw a lot of effort and togetherness out there tonight and in the end the players got what they deserved. It was a good performance with two excellent goals and I also thought we defended really well - I can't really remember QPR having a clear-cut chance all night."

Ian Holloway: "I actually thought we defended well for most of the game but what you saw there was unacceptable. We could easily have cleared the ball up to our striker and put them under pressure but the ball went straight to them and then they played through us far too easily. We should have been more switched on and covered the second ball.

"Goals change games - and if we had scored the first one I think we would have gone on to win the game. I was pleased with the way we played in the first half and we also did okay until the second goal, which killed the game. But did we do enough with the possession we had? Probably not. It's disappointing - but life goes on."