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Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers pleased with entertaining QPR draw

Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers was happy with their 3-3 draw against QPR.

Leicester came from two goals down in west London through efforts from Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Patson Daka, before Kelechi Iheanacho struck from the penalty spot to rescue a draw after Rangers had regained their lead.

"It was great for the supporters," Rodgers told LCFC TV at full-time. "I thought you could see, in the first half, that some of our players have just been back a week or so training and they were not up to the speed of it, but it was important to get minutes into their legs.

"For the likes of Ayo (Ayoze Pérez) and Barnesy (Harvey Barnes), it was important for them to get the minutes. Then I had great joy watching the second half team. [They were] fearless and running and pressing and working and, obviously, Patson [Daka] gets his first goal.

"That is always important for a striker. Kiernan [Dewsbury-Hall] had a great finish and he's been outstanding for me over the course of pre-season.

"Kels (Kelechi Iheanacho) gets his one from the penalty and it was, overall, very good. QPR are a good side. You can see they're a little bit ahead of us in terms of fitness so far. But overall, I was delighted with the game."

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