Strike partnership pleases McDermott

New Reading boss Brian McDermott reserved special praise for matchwinner Shane Long after the 1-0 win over Barnsley. Long netted his first league goal of the season to give McDermott a maiden league victory and the new manager was delighted. He said: "Shane was excellent, really athletic and he won his headers. "There are signs of a growing partnership between him and Simon Church, whose movement was really good, but we have five or six strikers fighting for a place in the team."

Source: PA