The disappointment of losing to a late goal is always hard to take, but even more so when expectations had been raised by a good away performance at Birmingham and new additions to the squad. Typically Reading enjoyed a lot of possession throughout, but a well organised City pressed high up the pitch from the kick-off denying Reading time and space all over the pitch. Ultimately though, it was poor finishing and good goalkeeping which prevented the Royals from taking anything from this game.
In their best spell just after the interval, new signing Bodvarsson wasted two excellent opportunities to give them the lead. City 'keeper Fielding made excellent saves from Kelly in the first half and Bacuna in the second. As so often happens in football Reading were punished for their inability to convert chances into goals. With six minutes to go the Reading defence failed to deal with a high ball into the box and it fell to Flint who drilled it goalwards low and hard, and although Manone got a hand to it the ball trickled agonising just inside the post. Reading never looked likely to find a way through the City defence in the closing stages and City left with the points.
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SR Snowflake Royal 9 Sep 2017 · 4:38pm
Well that was fuvking annoying. Comments to follow. First a note on Bristol. I thought tactically they were excellent. They played the high press v. well and totally disrupted our game. If they could pass or shoot we'd have been in danger of a drubbing due to the many stupid mistakes we made. I don't think they actually forced that many mistakes from us though. They all seemed self inflicted and apart from that I thought we coped with the high press well. Mannone 6 maybe should have done better on the goal, I'd like to see it again. Looked very awkward on the ball. Gunter 5 predictably average negative performance capped with a…
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HO Hound 9 Sep 2017 · 5:00pm
Highly annoying result, but slightly predictable with all the optimism in the build up Worst thing is we now have a week to stew on it before the next (tough) game
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CO CountryRoyal 9 Sep 2017 · 5:16pm
Meh. We don't need a goal scorer...etc etc TBH it was always going to happen. :lol: No reason to worry, frustrating losing at home but not the end of the world.
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GE genome 9 Sep 2017 · 5:23pm
Blackett 8 I actually thought he had one of his best games. Moore 5 shambles of a match, he was all over the place. Just goes to show how differently people see games. I remember Moore making two brilliant goal-saving tackles and one great block to stop a City striker going through on goal. Also thought Blackett, while he had some nice moments, was a bit too casual. He had a decent game, but nowhere near an 8 for me.
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SU Sutekh 9 Sep 2017 · 5:26pm
Barrow. Absolute class, needs to work on his defensive understanding but that's no surprise seeing he's just joined a new club Bodvarsson :lol: Aluko did ok but just why did Reading buy him? Referee. Utterly awful. Now 3 points away from the bottom 3 and no midweek game like the teams below. On the upside, Kermorgant is one week nearer playing again.
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FI FiNeRaIn 9 Sep 2017 · 5:29pm
Well, no one saw this coming by signing like 4 midfielders and no solid strikers. :lol:
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WI windermereROYAL 9 Sep 2017 · 5:31pm
Felt we got a head of steam going midway through the 2nd half. only to have it snuffed out by Stams baffling substitutions.
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TM tmesis 9 Sep 2017 · 5:43pm
Bodvarsson :lol: He hits shots like he has shopping trolley wheels for feet.