QPR manager Jim Magilton claimed his side had been near faultless after their game plan worked to perfection in a 2-0 win at Cardiff.

A first-half brace from Jay Simpson sent the Bluebirds spinning to their second successive home defeat at their new stadium. The on-loan striker latched onto a ball from Rowan Vine in the 18th minute to rifle home from close range and then repeated the dose five minutes before the interval.

Wayne Routledge switched play to the right to wrongfoot the home defence and Simpson raced in unmarked to shoot across David Marshall and into the far corner.

Magilton said: "We executed our plans to perfection which rarely happens although it helped that we never had a midweek match while I saw Cardiff go down to 10 men in their game and forced to work very hard in their match against Reading.

"Some of our play today was excellent, we were clinical and Jay Simpson scored two good goals to earn just reward for a great performance.

"I don't want to get too carried away but to come to Cardiff and win in such a manner was very pleasing. This is a difficult division to get out of and I am no different to all the other managers who believe they can make an impact."