Source: Team_Talk
McDermott salutes Royals response
rian McDermott praised the manner in which his Reading side bounced back from consecutive defeats to record a resounding 4-0 win at Burnley.[LNB] Shane Long won and converted an early penalty in Saturday's Championship clash at Turf Moor after being brought down by Leon Cort, and Jobi McAnuff grabbed a deserved second just after the break.[LNB]Cort was then sent off for a second yellow card before Michail Antonio and Simon Church ensured Reading claimed their first win away from home since a 2-1 victory at Leicester in August.[LNB]The Royals boss said: "I'm delighted with that. To come here and win at Burnley, who are unbeaten at home this season is a great achievement.[LNB]"I thought our shape was good and we thoroughly deserved to win the game.[LNB]"We made a great start and it was a definite penalty. I didn't know whether (Cort) was going to be sent off or not because (Long) was in on goal, but he wasn't.[LNB]"We had opportunities to make it 3-0 and we didn't but when it came the third goal killed it off."[LNB]Reading lost 1-0 at home to Swansea last weekend and then suffered the same fate at Bristol City in midweek.[LNB]McDermott admitted it had been a tough seven days for his side, who are now just a point behind today's opponents in eighth place.[LNB]"I'm just pleased with the way we performed," he added. "We came out with a clean sheet against Burnley who are going to be there or thereabouts at the end of the season.[LNB]"You can see that they've got quality players.[LNB]"I was just pleased that after back-to-back defeats we managed to get a win.[LNB]"It's never easy when you lose to Bristol City on a Tuesday night. But we've got that out of our systems now and we'll focus on Doncaster.[LNB]"It was important today that we bounced back and we did that."[LNB]Burnley boss Brian Laws, who watched his side lose at Turf Moor for the first time this season, was at a loss to explain the defeat.[LNB]Only Bristol City had prevented the Clarets from winning at home this season before today.[LNB]Laws said: "It's a difficult one to put your finger on, other than to say we've got to be totally honest with ourselves and say we weren't good enough.[LNB]"I've also got to give credit to Reading for doing a job on us.[LNB]"I just thought there were so many performances that were below par. You can live with one or two, but when it's half a team you get a kick up the backside.[LNB]"The performance certainly doesn't measure anywhere near what we're capable of.[LNB]"I could excuse the referee who I thought had a difficult game, but I thought the players were worse than that."
