Clough: We must be more clinical

18 December 2010 19:00
Nigel Clough was left to rue some wasteful finishing from his Derby side as they slumped to a fourth consecutive defeat against Reading. Shane Long scored a late winner after Kris Commons had cancelled out Long's opener. Derby were twice denied by the woodwork and also spurned a host of chances on a frustration afternoon at Pride Park. Clough said: "We had enough chances to win three games. In the last two home games we've had chance after chance and we don't put them away and we get punished. "That's the way it seems to be going at the moment but in terms of general performance we are very pleased, especially in the second half when we were very good indeed. "The conditions were a bit tricky and I didn't think we got to grips with it first half, but second half we weren't just creating chances through flukes or mistakes, some of the play was lovely. Their keeper made three or four very good saves but we do feel that the positions we were getting into he maybe should not have had the chance to make those saves."

Source: PA