BURNLEY manager Owen Coyle admitted Saturday’s Championship win over Queens Park Rangers meant more to him than beating Chelsea.

The Clarets shocked the football world by dumping the Premier League leaders out of the Carling Cup 5-4 on penalties last week.

But Coyle admitted it would have counted for nothing if they hadn’t been able to follow it up by taking three points from Loftus Road.

“This might sound bizarre but I’ll take more enjoyment and pleasure from Saturday’s game,” said the Scot.

“When I was manager of St Johnstone we beat Rangers in a quarter final and on the Saturday we had a poor result; so it was so important to me, as a manager, that we went out and showed we didn’t win (at Chelsea) by accident.

“We didn’t want it to be after the Lord Mayor’s show so that it went flat and lost the sparkle.

“What it does, by winning, I think it helps you enjoy even more what you did during the week.

“It would have probably left a sour taste, certainly in my mouth, if we hadn't have won on Saturday after the result and performance we had during the week.

“I certainly tried to get the point across to my players how important it was, because if we’d have lost there’s every chance we could have fallen out of the top six.

“But I think by winning we've cemented our place in that top six, and now we have to look forward to the games coming and trying to get three points and keeping ourselves in there.”

Dexter Blackstock’s 13th minute opener gave QPR the lead but Burnley hit back through Robbie Blake and Alan Mahon.