Reading Football Club News

• Nickname:Royals
• Founded:1871
• Manager:Brian McDermott

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• Capacity:24,200

Coppell impressed by Kitson

27 Dec 2007 - 12:37:32

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Reading striker Dave Kitson won praise from manager Steve Coppell after netting the equaliser in the 1-1 draw away to West Ham United.

Kitson struck on the hour mark at Upton Park as the Royals battled back from a goal down to salvage a point, despite the first-half sending-off of midfielder Brynjar Gunnarsson.

Coppell told the club's official website: "He's got qualities which you just admire in a player.

"He's one of those big, tall fellows who is very adept on the ground. He's good in the air, he's a physical presence. There's a lot to his game.

"Sometimes he can meander a little bit, but he gives us something we don't have. I would say I have four really good strikers, but he gives us something the others can't give."

Meanwhile, Coppell had no complaints about Gunnarsson's dismissal for a two-footed lunge at Hayden Mullins.

He added: "I, like everybody else, wants to see the two-footed jump tackle removed from the game.

"I know Bryn didn't mean anything by it, but by the strict letter of the law it was a two-footed jump tackle and he had to go."