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Last updated on 6 hours ago6 hours ago.From the section Championshipcomments29Andy Carroll's goal was his second since rejoining Reading last month Mamadou Loum and Andy Carroll scored second-half goals to give Reading victory over Bristol City in a tepid encounter. Loum met a Tom Ince corner at the near post and his header beat Max O'Leary in the City goal. Former Liverpool and England striker Carroll then struck deep into stoppage time to seal the points as he was teed up by Shane Long and calmly rolled the ball home. There was otherwise little action of note as Mark Sykes and Rob Atkinson went close for City.Relive Saturday's EFL action Nigel Pearson's mid-table visitors failed to build on their win at West Brom on Tuesday, failing to register a shot on target. For Reading it was a much-needed victory after three straight defeats, which leaves them outside the Championship play-offs on goal difference. It was the hosts who mustered the only moment of a drab first half as Jeff Hendrick forced a save from O'Leary. A set-piece looked the likeliest route to a goal for either side and Ince's corner provided the opener through Loum's first goal since joining Reading on loan from Porto. Pearson made three quick changes to try and spark the visitors into life and Sykes shot narrowly wide, before Atkinson failed to find the target from close range. But veteran Carroll, on as a substitute minutes before, snuffed out any hope of a late equaliser. Reading manager Paul Ince told BBC Radio Berkshire: "I'm very pleased it was a good performance but there's not really one game in the past six or seven that hasn't been, even if we have lost games. "So many other teams have lost three in a row so we've got to keep fighting and performing and it's always on the day. "Today was great and to get a clean sheet with a very young backline is phenomenal." Bristol City manager Nigel Pearson told BBC Radio Bristol: "I'm not going to make excuses, it was a very average performance with not a lot of things to be positive about. "We were very sluggish, we didn't move the ball quickly enough, out anticipation was poor. "It was just a really disappointing performance all round."Line-upsMatch StatsLive Text Line-ups
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Formation 3-5-21Lumley27Mbengue3Holmes5McIntyre23Hoilett10Ince22Loum8Hendrick12Baba11Meite9Lucas João1Lumley27Mbengue3Holmes5McIntyre23Hoilett Substituted forAbbeyat 87'minutes10Ince22LoumBooked at 90mins8Hendrick12BabaBooked at 78mins11MeiteSubstituted forCarrollat 88'minutes9Lucas JoãoSubstituted forLongat 68'minutes Substitutes
2Carroll7Long14Ejaria18Guinness-Walker19Fornah21Bouzanis32Abbey Bristol City
Formation 3-4-1-212O'Leary26Vyner25Klose5Atkinson17Sykes6James8Williams3Dasilva7Scott11Semenyo21Wells12O'Leary26Vyner Substituted forKingat 82'minutes25Klose5Atkinson17Sykes6James8WilliamsSubstituted forWeimannat 57'minutes3DasilvaSubstituted forPringat 70'minutesBooked at 76mins7Scott11SemenyoSubstituted forMartinat 57'minutesBooked at 90mins21WellsSubstituted forConwayat 56'minutesBooked at 65mins Substitutes
1Bentley9Martin10King14Weimann15Conway16Pring19TannerReferee:John BusbyAttendance:13,606 Match Stats
Home TeamReadingAway TeamBristol CityPossessionHome42%Away58%ShotsHome15Away5Shots on TargetHome4Away0CornersHome10Away5FoulsHome12Away8 Live Text
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Match ends, Reading 2, Bristol City 0.90'+7' Full Time
Second Half ends, Reading 2, Bristol City 0.90'+7' Post update
Robert Atkinson (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.90'+7' Post update
Foul by Shane Long (Reading).90'+6' Post update
Hand ball by Timm Klose (Bristol City).90'+5' Post update
Robert Atkinson (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.90'+5' Post update
Foul by Tom Ince (Reading).90'+4'goal Goal
Goal Reading 2, Bristol City 0. Andy Carroll (Reading) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Shane Long following a fast break.90'+1' Booking
Mamadou Loum (Reading) is shown the yellow card.90' Booking
Chris Martin (Bristol City) is shown the yellow card.90' Post update
Foul by Alex Scott (Bristol City).90' Post update
Joe Lumley (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half.89' Post update
Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Thomas Holmes.89' Post update
Attempt blocked. Timm Klose (Bristol City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matty James with a cross.88' Substitution
Substitution, Reading. Andy Carroll replaces Yakou Meite.88' Post update
Tommy Conway (Bristol City) wins a free kick on the left wing.88' Post update
Foul by Thomas Holmes (Reading).87' Post update
Attempt saved. Tom Ince (Reading) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jeff Hendrick.87' Substitution
Substitution, Reading. Nelson Abbey replaces Junior Hoilett.86' Post update
Attempt missed. Junior Hoilett (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.Page 1 of 5rewindpreviousNavigate to the next pagenextNavigate to the last pageforwardcommentsView Comments29 Comments
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To use comments you will need to have JavaScript enabled. 29 commentsW Comment posted by WAYLON MERCY today at 22 37WAYLON MERCY
22:37Waylon was going to be in attendance today but after that shambles on Tuesday, decided not to be in attendance.
A good result people, completely surpassed by the fact Waylon had a substantial wager on a Royals win
That’s the service for the Urus paid for, that’s right people Waylon will be in Pangbourne next week.
Money to money
Ya know what I mean !00A Comment posted by aggis today at 20 14aggis
20:14Makes my day seeing you lose after the treatment a city supporting site manager gave me one Saturday, at least I dragged the job out and made him miss the game he'd bought tickets for, t.w.a.t I only watch it now to see you lose, thanks shitty02A Comment posted by aggis today at 20 04aggis
20:04Lush score keep it coming city01N Comment posted by Nick today at 19 32Nick
19:32Weird so far this season…the whole lot. Anyone in this league could get promoted and most could get relegated still. Makes for interesting games each week. Apart from QPR there’s no stand out team.10R Reply posted by RoyalCruiser today at 21 46RoyalCruiser
21:46to Nick"Weird so far this season…the whole lot. Anyone in this league could get promoted and most could get relegated still. Makes for interesting games each week. Apart from QPR there’s no stand out team."RoyalCruiser replied: But fakes aren't a standout team. They were lucky00B Comment posted by Barry L today at 19 15Barry L
19:15Where have all the Reading fans gone? Just over 13,500 attendance is well below what it should be, for a club punching way above it's weight, in a league that provides plenty of entertainment. Bottom 6 fans at a top 6 club.20J Reply posted by julian human today at 20 07julian human
20:07to Barry L"Where have all the Reading fans gone? Just over 13,500 attendance is well below what it should be, for a club punching way above it's weight, in a league that provides plenty of entertainment. Bottom 6 fans at a top 6 club."julian human replied: I have a theory. Since Reading used to get 20k + in the Prem or even 17k about 6 or 7 years ago, a number of London clubs have moved to new bigger grounds and others had capacity increases. It may not impact your average Reading resident but if you live in east berks there is arguably a better product on offer equidistant. I however support my County side and turn away from London22More replies (4)downJ Comment posted by julian human today at 18 35julian human
18:35Good solid Reading performance without pulling up any trees. City looked the poorest team to visit so far that I’ve seen. Mind you Blackburn looked poor but look at them now. Crazy championship - whoever goes up will get mullered every week in the PL51U Reply posted by __ today at 18 48__
18:48to julian human"Good solid Reading performance without pulling up any trees. City looked the poorest team to visit so far that I’ve seen. Mind you Blackburn looked poor but look at them now. Crazy championship - whoever goes up will get mullered every week in the PL"__ replied: Huddersfield were the worst imo. Bristol City werent anything special though. Mid table at best. We have a lot to work on too though three losses in a row before this were poor.30More replies (1)downK Comment posted by KR today at 18 26KR
18:26Pearson is quality. There's no sugar coating in his comments come win, lose or draw. Today is no exception.32G Comment posted by Gobshake today at 18 09Gobshake
18:09Was there any Brizzle fans there. I didn’t hear them singing once33A Comment posted by Andrew JG_8921 today at 17 27Andrew JG_8921
17:27But Bristol City finished in 12th.22R Comment posted by royalboy today at 17 21royalboy
17:21I wasn’t expecting that after 3 defeats on the bounce 3 points and a clean sheet. As for City terrible never looked like scoring.81V Comment posted by vogue1 today at 17 21vogue1
17:21Bonkers that Reading have lost 7 out of 16 but still only 5 points of top! Crazy league the Championship.30S Reply posted by Stwickehim today at 17 33Stwickehim
17:33to vogue1"Bonkers that Reading have lost 7 out of 16 but still only 5 points of top! Crazy league the Championship."Stwickehim replied: Still the worst goal diff in the top 15.11More replies (1)downR Comment posted by RoyalCruiser today at 17 14RoyalCruiser
17:14"Tepid"? I wonder what game the reporter was watching.... 00U Reply posted by __ today at 17 17__
17:17to RoyalCruiser""Tepid"? I wonder what game the reporter was watching.... "__ replied: Exactly I thought it was an exciting game10More replies (2)downC Comment posted by Captain Beano today at 17 06Captain Beano
17:06Bristol City 58% possession and not a single shot on target…?!50N Reply posted by Noah today at 17 09Noah
17:09to Captain Beano"Bristol City 58% possession and not a single shot on target…?!"Noah replied: Cause they played absolutely awful. Quite disappointing20U Comment posted by __ today at 17 03__
17:03I’d take Shane long starting over Joao any day. He needs to be doing more101B Comment posted by Bellerophon today at 17 01Bellerophon
17:01Oh my - not what City needed - have to get a run and start winning games.10Back to topunknown Scores Results & Fixtures
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