QPR skipper Joey Barton created more problems for manager Mark Hughes before their defeat at Sunderland.

Former Newcastle United midfielder Joey Barton, who was dropped from the starting line-up after being booed by his own club's fans in midweek, courted further bad publicity by taunting home fans over the Black Cats' 5-1 defeat by the Magpies last season as he warmed up on the sideline.

Hughes said: "I wasn't aware, I was watching the game."