on target
on target
Jones was on target from more than 20 yards out at the other end but fired straight at Hahnemann.
But from his next attack he went down under a Sonko challenge and referee Tanner pointed to the spot.
Up stepped Chopra to beat Hahnemann from the spot to record his first goal since the second match of the season.
Chopra almost won it with a drive that Hahnemann had to tip over and the American was required once more to deny Jones after the Reading back-line were caught cold.
But Hunt had the final say in stoppage time when he was on the end of a cross from substitute Shane Long, who had replaced Convey. Again Gordon blocked - but this time the ball was judged to be over the line
"I felt we deserved it but I'm bound to say that. I would have hoped it would turn out to be one of those emphatic 1-0 wins but as often happens the goal was the signal for the final act in the play. And the final act almost turned into a tragedy but in the end was fortunate, which is the best way of putting it."
- Steve Coppell
"We should have got a point but the game was taken out of our hands. But it's important as a football club and as a manager to rise above it. Decisions in the last couple of games have cost us dearly."
- Roy Keane
Ivar Ingimarsson
The defender scored a crucial opener to set the Royals on their way to an important win.
Reading 2-1 Sunderland
Stephen Hunt scored a controversial stoppage-time winner as Reading edged past Sunderland 2-1. Ivar Ingimarsson pounced on Craig Gordon's fumble to put the Royals ahead, but Michael Chopra had looked to have secured a point with a penalty 10 minutes from full-time. However, there was a late twist as Hunt's angled effort was deemed to have crossed the line before Craig Gordon parried it away.
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