Reading assistant manager Kevin Dillon has admitted that if his side cannot beat Derby they do not deserve to stay in the Premier League.The Royals do not have their destiny in their own hands after suffering a 1-0 defeat at home to Tottenham on Saturday.

They must now pick up three points against Derby and hope that Fulham drop points at Portsmouth.

Bottom club Derby have collected just 11 points all season and Dillon insists that Reading should be able to win and secure their survival.

"If we win at Derby, I honestly believe we'll be OK. That's not bravado - that's fact as far as I'm concerned," Dillon said in the Daily Mirror.

"Let's put it this way, if we can't beat Derby, it will be hard to take.

"They've had a bad season. Paul Jewell has gone in there and had massive problems from the start, and they're going to have the lowest points in the top flight, lower than Sunderland.

"Pride Park must be a pretty dour place to play for their players.

"Last game of the season, we've got everything to play for. We've got our Premier League future at stake and we need to win."

Bolton, who could mathematically still be relegated, travel to Chelsea, while Birmingham need to beat Blackburn to have any chance of climbing out of the drop zone.

With so many teams still involved, Dillon does not believe Reading are in a terrible position.

He added: "I'd rather be going to Derby than Chelsea. I'd rather be us playing Derby than Fulham going to Portsmouth. And I'd rather be playing Derby than Birmingham, who have got Blackburn at home.

"Mark Hughes is a typical Alex Ferguson sibling, like Steve Bruce and Roy Keane, and it shows in the way they manage."

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