Source: PA
Off day for Morison as Lions are held
Steve Morison was uncharacteristically wasteful as Millwall were held to a 0-0 draw at home by Reading.
The in-form striker, who went into the game having scored five goals in his last six games, could have had a hat-trick had it not been for a combination of good goalkeeping and poor finishing.
The home side were nearly made to pay as Jem Karacan saw a fierce drive pushed onto the post by David Forde late on, but the game remained goalless. Adam Federici was called into action for the first time in the 16th minute when Morison burst into the box down the left and got his shot away, but the Australian goalkeeper was equal to his effort.
Reading responded, though, and were denied the opening goal by the linesman's flag in what was a very close call. Jobi McAnuff played a raking cross-field pass to Jimmy Kebe on the opposite flank and he fired home superbly on the volley. Unfortunately the winger`s celebrations were cut short.
Federici came to the rescue again for the visitors after the Royals had been caught on the break, tipping a curling shot from Morison around the post after the striker had found himself one-on-one with the shot-stopper. Kebe had a word with the referee after claiming he had been hit by a missile from the crowd as Reading pushed for an opening goal.
Brian Howard forced a comfortable save from Forde with a 20-yard drive, before Karacan unleashed a piledriver from distance which was somehow tipped onto the post by Forde.
