Playing against a side who find themselves bottom of the Championship, it should have been fairly straightforward for a Reading side who are seemingly getting their season back on track. Reading's away form was a concern prior to the game, with the Royals not winning a game away in the Championship since September but the 3000 away fans were optimistic of a positive result.
No one would have expected what was to come, however, with a stoppage time goal from substitute Deniss Rakels winning the game for Reading in a seven goal thriller. A hat-trick for Yaya Sanogo evened the score for the home side but it was not enough for Charlton to secure a much needed point.
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It'Sanogo For Charlton As Rakels Seals Reading Victory
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PI PistolPete 27 Feb 2016 · 5:36pm
Man for man, much better. Hello John was too good for their right back, Kemit with a few moments of class. But, somehow, we needed a scrappy set piece to win it?! Great atmosphere in the away end, pints need to be lined up Much quicker at half time ... ;) It is what it is, We move on.
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RG Royal Ginger 27 Feb 2016 · 6:38pm
Reading 4-3 Sonogo. Can't remember any of the rest of their team do anything of merit. Through all the years I'd somehow not made it to the Valley before. I will not be rushing back. Awful shed of an away end with nothing like enough bar space, tiny seats and what has to be close to the worst view of the goal line in the football league. No one stood out as brilliant, Kermorgant got his goals and an assist but faded, HRK worked hard, Obita was pretty good. No counter to Sanogo though, absolutely dominant against us. Ola John...the sublime and the ridiculous. Dances round their defense one minute, falls over on the ball for no…
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MA marlowuk 27 Feb 2016 · 6:52pm
The highlights are already on the Sky Sports website and it looked a very open game!! Kermie's second goal was a peach and their third looked like it rebounded luckily off Sanogo into the net.
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RG Royal Ginger 27 Feb 2016 · 7:00pm
The goal that never was after his hand ball...we'd have been seeing that for some time. Ref has a good game btw, Lino to our left was awful though.
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JA Jagermesiter1871 27 Feb 2016 · 7:06pm
Was going to ask what was up with the disallowed goal? Would have been up there with goal of the season. From the highlights Ola John looked to be sensational.
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RG Royal Ginger 27 Feb 2016 · 7:39pm
Was going to ask what was up with the disallowed goal? Would have been up there with goal of the season. From the highlights Ola John looked to be sensational. For all the complaining (which I was a part of) it looked a pretty slam dunk hand ball. Sure it hit him, but his hands were up around his chest/neck.
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SA sandman 27 Feb 2016 · 7:45pm
Well that went from the sublime to the ridiculous and back to the sublime. Good to see the old Reading spirit back after capitulating to 3-3 not so good to see the return of the Fulham style defensive collapse. I know I keep going on about it but Gunter was dreadful. To allow the amount of crosses into the box that he does is absolutely inexcusable. They spotted he was the weak link and every attack they had was targeted down his side. Difficult to judge man of the match as the second half undid all the work done in the first but I'd probably say John nabbed it despite his mistake for the first goal.
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IR Irvinchangeyaname 27 Feb 2016 · 8:13pm
Great atmosphere in the away end Really? I thought, for the number of fans we had there, we were embarrassingly quiet.