QPR remain top of the Championship after a 2-1 win over Wigan at Loftus Road capped a perfect week for them. Sam Field put Rangers ahead on 12 minutes and Leon Balogun quickly restored their lead after Nathan Broadhead’s equaliser. The win was their fifth in six matches and came 48 hours after Mick Beale delighted fans by turning down the chance to manage Wolves. Beale’s decision earned him a hero’s reception from the home fans, which he said “meant bundles, because there was a lot of uncertainty. “I’m just happy that the noise has gone away and I can get back to my job. After a long week, I said to the staff: ‘Let’s just get the win and move on’. Take me out of the equation - I was just delighted to get the win.” Beale admitted the approach from a Premier League club so soon into his first managerial job was “tempting” but insisted it was not the right time for him to move on. He explained: “I made a commitment here. I asked seven players to come and sign. I met them all face-to-face asked them all to join the club. There were some players who maybe could have moved on that I persuaded to stay. “I also brought two staff in myself and asked for things from the board in terms of supporting me. Seventeen games is no time to judge a manager. It’s no time to see if your ideas are being implemented. I’m just a novice learning my job and it was important that I stayed here. The Premier League can wait for later if I’m good enough.” Burnley staged an incredible comeback with three goals inside 19 minutes to beat Sunderland 4-2 at the Stadium of Light. The hosts made an impressive start, securing a 2-0 lead through Amad Diallo and Dan Neil inside the opening 20 minutes. But with Sunderland hoping for their second win in seven games, Burnley showed their promotion credentials by turning it around after the break. Nathan Tella pulled one back in the 50th minute before Manuel Benson and Anass Zaroury put the visitors on course for maximum points with goals in the 61st and 69th minutes. There was still time with three minutes left for Josh Brownhill to put the seal on another win for Burnley, who remain third. Teenager Adam Wharton’s first senior goal helped high-flying Blackburn to a battling 2-1 win over Birmingham. The academy graduate fired in a fine low strike just before the break, adding to the 17th-minute opener from the former Birmingham loanee Sam Gallagher. Scott Hogan pulled one back with 10 minutes to go. Teemu Pukki spurned the chance to earn Norwich victory and complete his hat-trick as a poor penalty ensured Sheffield United took a share of the spoils in a 2-2 draw at Bramall Lane. Adam Davies made a comfortable save as goals from Ben Osborn and Ollie McBurnie earned the Blades a point following Pukki’s first-half double. Substitute Tyler Burey struck a 90th-minute winner as Millwall made it four league wins in a row by coming from behind to defeat West Brom 2-1 at The Den. The hosts are now up to fifth in the table after making their pressure count against the Baggies, who had Kyle Bartley sent off with five minutes left, after Callum Styles had cancelled out John Swift’s opener. Hull made it back-to-back wins under their interim head coach, Andy Dawson, after a resounding 4-2 win at Rotherham. The Millers headed into the game full of confidence after recording two wins on the bounce under their new manager, Matt Taylor, but they were swept aside with goals from Jacob Greaves, Cyrus Christie, Ryan Longman and Ozan Tufan. Reading ended a run of three successive league defeats with a hard-earned 2-0 victory over Bristol City at the SCL Stadium. Neither side offered much going forward in a drab first half, but Reading made the breakthrough in the 52nd minute, when loanee Mamadou Loum headed in from a Tom Ince corner. Deep in stoppage time, Andy Carroll made the points safe for the hosts by clinically finishing a quick counterattack. Blackpool upset the division’s tightest defence with a four-goal display to beat Preston 4-2 in a pulsating derby. CJ Hamilton sealed the win at Bloomfield Road with the last kick of the game, placing the ball into an open goal from 45 yards. Jerry Yates had opened the scoring on 30 minutes but Preston hit back quickly when Ben Whiteman scored from the spot. Teenager Charlie Patino then fired the hosts back in front on 68 minutes, before teeing up Yates for his second. A Callum Connolly own goal on 89 minutes gave Preston hope, but Hamilton made it safe in added time, finding the empty net with Freddie Woodman out of his goal after going forward for a corner. Coventry’s revival continued as they secured a third successive victory with a 2-0 win at Stoke. The Potters, who slumped to a second home defeat in the space of five days, dominated but to no avail. Gustavo Hamer created the opener for Jamie Allen in the second half and added a second as the visitors closed the gap to safety to one point. Leo Percovich’s reign as Middlesbrough’s temporary manager continued with a goalless draw at home to Huddersfield. Michael Carrick, widely touted as Boro’s likely new manager, was nowhere to be seen at the Riverside as the Teessiders were frustrated.