UNLUCKY or unlikely? Which adjective best describes the 2-0 reverse outcome at QPR on Saturday?

In truth it was probably an equal combination of both as the game went on.

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We can count ourselves desperately unlucky not to have witnessed a leading contender for Match of the Day’s goal of the month.

George Boyd’s 25-yard scorcher was heading for the top corner until Rob Green fingertipped the ball onto the post and safety.

A second good stop from Scott Arfield kept the Hoops level at half-time.

But you could just sense that QPR were growing in confidence as Burnley were being forced deep, making countless clearances from within their own penalty area.

That’s all well and good if the defenders stay tight to the attackers, but for the two goals both scorers were offered too much space in the danger zone.

Charlie Austin got one over his former team-mate Danny Ings, and even when Austin rightfully got sent off, a positive result for the Clarets hardly looked likely as QPR kept us at arm’s length.

Loftus Road is easily the worst accommodation for away supporters in the Premier League.

Not only is there over-the-top security from the officious lines of stewards getting into the ground, once inside the narrow double-decker stand you endure a ridiculous one-way concourse to get around in an inevitable scrum.

The only consolation is that you can rest your chin upon your knees once you finally reach your seat within the compact surroundings.

It was all a far cry from my chosen pre-match venue of Ealing, which is famous for its film studios of many years’ standing and the Sir Michael Balcon Wetherspoons outlet in the town is named in honour of the renowned film distributor from the organisation.

The game didn’t quite live up to the my billing of ‘gunfight at the O.K. Corral’. It was more like ‘Charlie Austin’s War’.

Southampton are our next stiff challenge and if we want the Saints to go marching out of Turf Moor with no points, we’ll have to get a whole lot tighter.