Derby 0-4 Reading
Reading beat Derby with some ease at Pride Park but were still relegated to the Championship after Fulham’s late victory away at Portsmouth.
The Royals needed to better Fulham’s result to stay up, but Danny Murphy’s goal condemned them to the second tier.
Reading went ahead when James Harper curled a fine shot into the [...]
Reading 0-1 Tottenham
Robbie Keane scored the game’s only goal as Tottenham’s first win in six plunged Reading into the drop zone and in stark danger of relegation.
The Irishman clipped in after good work from Darren Bent, who himself twice went close as Spurs dominated early on.
Reading finally found their feet in the second half and [...]
Wigan 0-0 Reading
Wigan edged closer to Premier League safety but Reading are still looking nervously over their shoulders after this tense draw.
The Latics made a blistering start and almost scored early on when Marcus Bent’s powerful header hit the post.
Reading settled after a poor opening and Leroy Lita and Michael Duberry both went close after [...]
Arsenal 2-0 Reading
Arsenal increased Reading’s relegation worries with a comfortable victory.
Arsene Wenger’s side outclassed Reading and went ahead after 30 minutes when Emmanuel Adebayor slid home a calm finish from Kolo Toure’s cross.
Gilberto Silva added a second before half-time when his long-range shot deflected in off Andre Bikey.
Robin van Persie and Theo Walcott struck [...]
Reading 0-2 Fulham
Fulham sealed their first away win in 33 matches against fellow strugglers Reading to keep alive their hopes of avoiding Premier League relegation.
Brian McBride fired home a Simon Davies cross from close range on 23 minutes to give the visitors a deserved lead.
Fulham hit the bar three times in the second-half before Erik [...]
Newcastle 3-0 Reading
Newcastle claimed their third straight win as their three-pronged strikeforce were all on target against Reading.
Obafemi Martins put Newcastle ahead when he controlled Nicky Butt’s pass and buried it beyond Marcus Hahnemann.
John Oster had a chance to level as Reading looked to respond but saw his header tipped away before Michael Owen hooked [...]
Reading 2-1 Birmingham
Two Andre Bikey headers gave Reading three vital points and deepened Birmingham’s relegation fears.
The hosts almost took the lead when Stephen Hunt’s drive hit the bar, but they went ahead when Bikey glanced in John Oster’s free-kick on 31 minutes.
After the break, Mikael Forssell did superbly to cross low into the box for [...]
Liverpool 2-1 Reading
Liverpool notched a fifth successive Premier League victory after coming from behind to beat Reading at Anfield.
Marek Matejovsky rounded off a free-kick move from 20 yards out to give Reading an early lead.
Liverpool equalised in equally spectacular fashion when Javier Mascherano rifled his first goal for the club from 23 yards.
Fernando Torres [...]
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