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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Madejski Stadium
  • Attendance: 22068
  • Referee: Hegley, G

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90mins

Chris Morgan goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

90mins

Neil Shipperley is being taken off, Vincent Pericard has come on in his place.

90mins

Sheff Utd are replacing Alan Quinn with Danny Webber.

89mins

Goal!! Brynjar Gunnarsson scores for Reading.

78mins

Reading are replacing Leroy Lita with Eric Obinna Chukwunyelu.

67mins

Paul Ifill is being taken off, Keith Gillespie has come on in his place.

67mins

Bobby Convey is being taken off, Sekou Baradji has come on in his place.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 1.

46mins

Reading are replacing Glen Little with John Oster.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

33mins

The referee has booked Paddy Kenny.

15mins

Goal!! Steven Kabba scores for Sheff Utd.

12mins

The referee has booked Alan Quinn.

3mins

Goal!! Reading have scored with Brynjar Gunnarsson putting it in the back of the net.

0mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

An 89th-minute goal from Iceland international Brynjar Gunnarsson gave Reading victory in this battle between the top two in the Championship.

He got on the end of a Sekou Baradji free-kick to stab the ball past Sheffield United goalkeeper Paddy Kenny, to become the Royals' 11th goalscorer of the campaign.

Kenny was lucky to be on the pitch after he was only shown a yellow card when he handled the ball outside his area in the first half. The decision was particularly bitter for Reading as the Blades had no substitute keeper on the bench.

Reading opened the scoring after just three minutes with a goal that came straight off the training ground.

They won two corners in quick succession and from the second, taken by Glen Little, Gunnarsson sneaked into the penalty area to shoot beyond Kenny.

The equaliser followed just 12 minutes later when Steven Kabba headed in his seventh goal of the season, after getting on the end of an Alan Quinn cross.

Controversial United manager Neil Warnock was in trouble with referee Grant Hegley early in the game. Warnock stormed to the edge of the technical area to dispute a decision and after shouting and gesticulating at the referee was given a severe ticking off.

Warnock looked to be in trouble again after making a comment to Reading player Bobby Convey from the sidelines. That prompted home defender Stephen Hunt to confront Warnock, but this time Mr Hegley took no action.

The big controversy of the game came in the 33rd minute, when Kenny handled the ball outside his area. He was surprised by a back header from team-mate Nick Montgomery and stuck his right arm out instinctively.

Initially Mr Hegley took no action but after his assistant's signal he awarded a free-kick on the edge of the area and showed Kenny a yellow card when most spectators expected to see red.

Man of the Match - Steve Kabba

Kabba posed a constant threat to the home defence and his goal was a deserved reward for a busy performance.

Reading Team

Sheffield United Team

Reading

Sheffield United

Corners

47

Fouls

819

Goal attempts

77

Shots off target

54

Offsides

12

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