"We didn't have any shape after we lost Ashley Ward and three players on the left-hand side due to injury.
"We contributed to our downfall by individual errors and we let ourselves down.
"The first half was an open game; they had their chances and we had ours, but we never looked like scoring. We never pressed the ball and we never worked hard enough.
"The winner was a farcical goal. Maybe David Wetherall should have done better with it. It was a difficult pass for the goalkeeper and it was just what you would like to receive away from home in Reading's position.
"Despite this defeat we are in a decent position in the table, nine points above a relegation place. We are not panicking, we may only need another three points, but we should have had a point today.
"Now we have got an opportunity to put it right at Burnley on Tuesday."
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