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Curbs rues lost points

27 Dec 2007 - 16:37:51

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West Ham United manager Alan Curbishley was annoyed that his team did not take all three points from the Boxing Day clash against Reading after the visitors were forced to play for almost an hour with just ten men.

The Royals had Brynjar Gunnarsson dismissed for a two-footed tackle on Hayden Mullins, but responded well to grab a 1-1 draw thanks to Dave Kitson's second-half strike.

But Curbishley lamented on the Hammers' official website: "We should have taken more advantage. We're massively disappointed about the points - we feel we've definitely dropped two.

"Although it wasn't spectacular, we had enough chances to have won the game in the second half.

"We had some good positions to get the second goal. Reading, to be fair, kept going but it looked as though, if they were going to score, it was going to be from a set-play.

"We seem to set our fans up by winning away from home and coming back here and not doing it. It's not for the want of trying, that's for sure. You expect to win your home games."