The Rs boss reckoned there was no case to answer when his top scorer got sent off against Burnley - two minutes after scoring.

QPR hung on to win 2-0 and escape the relegation places, while dragging Burnley further into the mire.

Charlie Austin got a second yellow for a foul on Michael Keane, about six feet from where his manager was watching.

"I thought it was a yellow card, and there was nothing you can do," said Redknapp. "He's not a nasty player and he was just trying to get back and defend."

This way and that: Harry Redknapp and assistant Kevin Bond direct

But even without the head-hung Austin, Rs kept up their impressive home form with a fourth win to go with a catalogue of close things.

Redknapp aded: "We're very good at home and we've been unlucky in the past. I thought Rob Green made some world class saves in the first half, but I felt we had to sharpen up at half time - and we did.

"I was right behind the shot from (George) Boyd in the first half, and I thought it was in, but he got a finger tip to it.

"But I felt we had to sharpen up at half time - and we did. Richard Dunne under pressure? Dunney's been amazing this season when a block or a foot was needed - he was there."