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For the fourth successive season, Queens Park Rangers exited the Carabao Cup to League One opponents, a curse which means their wait for a first cup quarter final since 1995 will continue.
Instead it is Sunderland, the 2014 finalists and lowest-ranked club left in the competition, who will plough on after securing victory in a penalty shootout.
Their supporters will enjoy a December day out, a week before Christmas. QPR's left with a sense of injustice, however, after a late winner, scored by Charlie Austin, was controversially called offside.
Sunderland's Luke O'Nien (left) and Queens Park Rangers' Lyndon Dykes battle for the ball
Still feeling robbed, Austin's night worsened. He saw his penalty saved, with Ilias Chair and Yoann Barbet also missing theirs, as Sunderland won the shootout 3-1 at the expense of QPR.
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