Newcastle 1-0 QPR – Match Highlights (Premier League)

Mark Hughes’s tenure as Queens Park Rangers manager began with a 1-0 defeat to Newcastle United at St James’ Park that leaves his new club in the Premier League relegation zone.

Leon Best’s well-taken strike on 37 minutes means that – just as with the Welshman’s first matches in charge of Manchester City (defeat at Aston Villa) and Fulham (goalless draw at Bolton) – Hughes begins a third successive job without a win.

QPR remain in 18th place, below Blackburn Rovers on goal difference, while Newcastle move above Liverpool into sixth place as they extend their 100 per cent start to 2012 to three matches.