BOTTOM THREE

"You're not in the bottom three for one reason but for quite a few and they were all evident today.

"I keep hearing about West Ham last year (finished ninth and reached the FA Cup final) but we have to forget last year, that was a totally different side."

Reading boss Steve Coppell said he had been concerned that his players might have used all their energy in the last two games at Chelsea and Manchester United but was delighted to discover otherwise.

"After we scored the first goal it was probably our best spell of football since I've been here," he said.

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