Source: Team_Talk
Town prolong Royals' home hoodoo
Reading enjoyed the majority of possession but fell behind to a scrappy goal from Jon Stead before Simon Church deservedly levelled after the break.[LNB]Brendan Rodgers' side have now gone 17 games without a win at the Madejski Stadium - a sequence which goes back to late January - but it was only a combination of poor finishing and bad luck which denied them victory.[LNB]Both sides remain in the relegation zone - Reading are 22nd, two points and a place above Ipswich - and will need to turn things around quickly if they are to pull away from danger.[LNB]Ipswich captain Jon Walters shot over from long range before Roy Keane's visitors took the lead in the ninth minute.[LNB]Damien Delaney hoisted a long throw into the penalty area and the Royals made a hash of clearing their lines. Ivar Ingimarsson got his head on the ball but could only find Stead in space and the former Blackburn man scuffed a shot which beat Adam Federici and found the back of the net.[LNB]Gylfi Sigurdsson then saw a shot deflected narrowly wide as Reading pushed for a response and fellow midfielder Brian Howard went even closer moments later when he ran forward and crashed a shot against the crossbar from the edge of the area.[LNB]Ipswich goalkeeper Asmir Begovic almost gave away a penalty as he raced out to challenge Church, but clearly got a toe on the ball to deny the Reading man a shooting chance.[LNB]Tamas Priskin almost doubled the visitors' lead against the run of play with a fabulous effort from 25 yards but Federici recovered to make a fine save - and Grzegorz Rasiak should have equalised moments later.[LNB]Jobi McAnuff tricked his way to the byline and crossed to Rasiak but the Poland international headed inches wide from inside the six-yard box.[LNB]It was a poor effort from Rasiak but he made some amends by playing his part in the 47th-minute equaliser from Church.[LNB]Rasiak dinked a cross into the area and, after Alex Pearce won the header, Sigurdsson lashed a shot across the face of goal where Church was on hand to divert the ball home.[LNB]The goal was deserved but Delaney almost put Ipswich back ahead with a flicked header from a Carlos Edwards corner but Federici made a great save.[LNB]Shane Long saw a header hacked off the line by an Ipswich defender as the hosts piled forward in search of a winner and Church was desperately unlucky not to find it with 15 minutes remaining.[LNB]Substitute Jimmy Kebe crossed for Church to hammer a shot against the underside of the crossbar, and McAnuff's header from the rebound was well cleared by Alex Bruce.[LNB]Rodgers felt his side should have had a penalty in the closing stages when Long was brought down in the area but both managers were forced to settle for an unsatisfactory point.[LNB][LNB]
