Reading 2-0 Manchester City
By: Prederick | March 9th, 2008Well, who the hell needs a 1-1 draw?
Hats off to Shane Long and Dave Kitson, who finally showed the kind of lethality infront of net we have to have to stay up. Reading only barely outshot City, lost the time of possession battle by a significant margin, and still came away with all three points, which launched the team all the way into 13th place (until Wigan’s 0-0 draw with Arsenal which bumped us back to 14th). We’ve even clambered above Newcastle who, on current form, are more in danger of going down than we are (which, let’s be honest, would be absolutely hilarious. It’d be like Leeds going down to the 10th degree).
Of course, as Coppell has noted, this isn’t a complete reprieve from the relegation zone. The target is 40 points, not 28. And next week features a run-in with a Liverpool side that will (probably) be even more amped after their Champions League tie with Internazionale.
Nice to see them celebrating like that again, isn’t it? Now let’s hope Nicky Shorey will stop hemming and hawing and sign a contract rather than heading for Upton Park.
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