Queens Park Rangers, Atalanta draw pre-season friendly

Queens Park Rangers have drawn 1-1 with Atalanta in their final pre-season friendly before the Championship kickoff next weekend.

After a quiet start to the match, Jasmin Kurtic gave Atalanta the lead in the 14th minute when he volleyed into the net from 25 yards.

Sebastian Polter came close to scoring for the Rs on the half-hour mark.

New signing Tjaronn Chery hit the post from a free kick as Queens Park Rangers continued to push for an equaliser towards the closing stages of the first half.

Atalanta nearly took the lead shortly after the restart, but Robert Green parried a shot over the bar.

Substitute Jay Emmanuel-Thomas scored the equaliser in the 63rd minute, when his deflected shot beat Atalanta goalkeeper Davide Bassi.

A host of changes from both teams disrupted the match in the final 30 minutes as both teams appeared happy to play out the draw.