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Reading

  • Kitson 53’

Middlesbrough

  • Tuncay 81’
  1. Boro peg back Reading

    Boro peg back Reading

    Tuncay Sanli's first goal for Middlesbrough earned Gareth Southgate's side a 1-1 draw at Reading, for whom David Kitson secured the lead. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Reading
    • Middlesbrough
    • 90' It's all over here. Tuncay rescues a point for Boro, but that can't stop Southgate's men dropping into the relegation zone after Sunderland's last-ditch win against Derby.
    • 89' Adam Johnson balloons a long-range shot over the bar.
    • 89' Tuncay can't quite get to an Aliadiere cross as Hahnemann beats the Turk to the ball.
    • 88' SO CLOSE FOR KITSON! His header from a Hunt cross from the left flies inches wide.
    • 87' But they seem to have lost their momentum. Another change for Boro - Cattermole on.
    • 85' Southgate is doing some fist punching in the dugout. He wants his team to push for a winner.
    • 85' It's headed away.
    • 84' Now Stephen Hunt wins a corner for Reading.
    • 82' But Boro are almost caught on the break as Stephen Hunt peels away. But a defender just gets back in time.
    • 82' That's the Turkish striker's first goal for Boro. Now the away side have a corner.
    • 81' GOAL! It's Tuncay with a bullet header for Boro from a Luke Young cross. No chance Hahnemann.
    • 80' Boro are struggling to string more than a couple of passes together with Reading snapping into the tackle.
    • 78' Tuncay makes a great break into the Reading box after being fed by Aliadiere. But his touch is too heavy and Hahnemann comes out to smother the ball.
    • 75' Now Reading are making a change. Bikey is coming on for Convey. Backs to the walls for Reading by the looks of it then.
    • 74' Turnbull punches away Hunt's cross.
    • 74' Corner to Reading.
    • 72' Boro are trying to put some pressure on but Reading are looking good on the break.
    • 69' For a minute there I thought Huth was going to put on up front. But Tuncay is on for the injured Dong Gook and Huth is on for the wound-up Woodgate.
    • 68' Dong Gook is hurt. Well, he seems to think so. He's asking to be taken off.
    • 67' FIGHT, FIGHT!! Team mates Sonko and Hahnemann square up to each other after that dire defensive mix-up. Now, now lads...
    • 67' Aliadiere heads wide after nipping in between a statuesque Hahnemann and Sonko. A let off for Reading.
    • 66' Hahnemann punches away a Downing cross from the right away.
    • 65' After a lot of debate, it's a throw in. Alan Wiley kept his cards in his pocket.
    • 64' Stephen Hunt and Jonathan Woodgate are having a pointing contest after Woodgate tried to strangle the Irishman.
    • 63' The corner comes to nothing.
    • 62' Gunnarsson sees an edge-of-the-area piledriver deflected over for a corner. Reading are well on top now.
    • 59' Johnson collects the ball inside the Reading box but he's muscled off the ball.
    • 58' Good shot by Convey which is fired just wide. It looked like Turnbull might have got a hand on that but the referee has given a goal kick.
    • 56' Surely Boro will have to change things now. They have Tuncay on the bench, who scored a lot of goals in Turkey even if he has looked like the defintion of lightweight since arriving in England.
    • 55' It was a nice finish but an ugly build up. Turnbull was officially in 'no man's land' as he dashed off his line for the bouncing ball.
    • 53' GOAL! For Reading. It's Dave Kitson with a lob over Turnbull. It came from a massive goal kick from Hahnemann which Doyle nodded on.
    • 50' Dong Gook is clutching his head after a clash with Sonko.
    • 49' Turnbull collects a Hunt cross with ease. He must think this goalkeeping malarkey is a doddle.
    • 48' Stephen Hunt delivers a woeful cross from the resulting free kick. He bobbles the ball past all his team mates and into Turnbull's hands. Oh dear.
    • 47' Yellow card for Johnson after a clumsy challenge.
    • 46' The cow hasn't been brought on after all. Pity. No other changes either.
    • 46' Reading get us going in the second period.
    • HT Just to liven things up a pantomime cow has been wheeled on to the pitch as part of the half time entertainment. Or maybe the cow is Boro's new attacking weapon? Couldn't be much worse than the Dong Gook-Aliadière combo.
    • 45' It's half time. Poor first half with both sides looking toothless in attack. Adam Johnson missed the best chance of the half with that shot that Hahnemann touched on to the post. The second period can only be an improvement.
    • 44' Johnson makes a jinking run down the left wing. His cross is overhit though and comes to nothing.
    • 42' The resulting free kick is headed away for a Boro corner.
    • 41' Booking for Murty after a two-footed lunge at Dong Gook on the halfway line.
    • 40' That chance came after Aliadière had fired in yet another low shot - but this time Hahnemann could only parry it to Gook, who teed up Johnson.
    • 39' Great chance for Boro's Adam Johnson who hits the post after his shot hit Hahnemann. He should have scored though. He only had the keeper to beat after Dong Gook had squared the ball to him from the byline.
    • 37' I can't believe Aliadière was actually competing for a header. You don't see that too often! Anyway, he's up and we're going again.
    • 36' Aliadière is down after a clash of heads.
    • 35' Reading hoof a free kick into the penalty area. It's cleared away.
    • 32' Kitson drives in another well-hit shot. Turnbull dives to his left and holds on to the ball. Good save.
    • 30' The ball reached Boateng after a series of mis-hit shots and deflections.
    • 30' Boateng puts the ball in the net after the second ball is bungled through to him from the corner. But he's an impressive 5 yards offside so it's ruled out.
    • 29' And now a corner! To Boro - all action stuff.
    • 28' A SHOT! By Dave Kitson after he cut in from the left, but Turnbull parries it away. Best chance so far.
    • 27' Not the greatest 20-odd minutes of football you'll ever see so far.
    • 25' Convey lauches himself at a dinked ball into the box but can't quite get there.
    • 23' Aliadière makes a pacey break into the penalty area before falling dramatically. No penalty says Alan Wiley - and he's dead right. Was that a dive?
    • 22' Woodgate hoofs the ball the entire length of the pitch from his own area to Hahnemann. Poor.
    • 20' Dave Kitson goes down in the penalty area. But the ref gives a free kick to Boro.
    • 19' Hunt makes an incisive break into the Boro penalty area. He cuts inside past Pogatetz, but Wheater gets back to nick the ball and clear.
    • 16' Reading take a free kick in a good position quickly. They can't work anybody in on goal though as the ball eventually bounces through to Turnbull, who's looking solid enough in goal.
    • 15' Aliadière fires in another slow motion pea roller towards Reading's goal. Too easy for Hahnemann.
    • 14' Convey overhits a ball over the top for Doyle. Turnbull collects.
    • 13' Bobby Convey cuts in from the left. He shoots from the edge of the area, but it rolls tamely into Turnbull's hands. Good handling by the youngster.
    • 12' Downing is playing on the right wing with Adam Johnson on the left this afternoon. Johnson just made a decent break into the Reading area but eventually lost the ball.
    • 11' Boro hoist a long free kick into the Reading area. Pogatetz can only head it wide.
    • 10' Aliadière with a tame shot on goal after being fed in the area by Downing. Half chance for the Frenchman, but he did't get hold of his shot.
    • 8' Dong Gook tries to keep the ball in play on the Reading touchline but can only give the ball straight to the opposition.
    • 6' Ross Turnbull comes to collect. The inexperienced keeper will be pleased to get his hands on the ball.
    • 5' But now they've won a free kick in a decent position about 45 yards from goal after a foul on Doyle.
    • 4' Harper misplaces a pass to send the ball straight into touch. Nervy starts by the Royals.
    • 3' It comes to nothing very much though.
    • 3' Dong Gook wins a free kick for Boro just inside Reading's half after being hacked down by Murty.
    • 2' Downing swings in a cross from the left, but Reading deal with it easily enough.
    • 1' Alan Wiley blows his whistle to get the game going.
    • 0' This match is already looking like a relegation six pointer of sorts. Middlesbrough currently trail their hosts by 3 points in the standings. These sides met at the Madejski on the opening day of last season - when Reading came from two goals down to win 3-2.
    • 0' Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's live minute-by-minute commentary of Reading against Middlesbrough from the Premier League. Reading line up as expected with Hunt starting on the right of midfield and Kitson partnered by Doyle up front. Leroy Lita is left out of the squad completely. Middlesbrough start with the dubious strike pairing of Lee Dong Gook and Jeremie Aliadiere - possibly the worst forwards in the Premier League? Gary O'Neil isn't even on the bench, presumably because of injury. Rookie keeper Ross Turnbull starts in goal with Schwarzer and Jones injured.

  • Team Stats

    Reading Stats Middlesbrough
    48% Possession 51%
    15 Shots 15
    5 Shots on target 8
    5 Saves 2
    5 Corners 4
    16 Fouls 11
    0 Offsides 2
    2 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    18 Tackles 27
    197 Accurate passes 227
    46 Bad passes 34

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Reading
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Marcus Hahnemann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 0
      5 Ibrahima Sonko 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 13 1 2
      3 Nicky Shorey 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 35 9 1
      2 Graeme Murty 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 23 1 2
      16 Ivar Ingimarsson 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 1 3
      15 James Harper 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 5 1
      6 Brynjar Gunnarsson 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 16 2 3
      17 Bobby Convey 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 15 4 0
      10 Stephen Hunt 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 14 3 1
      12 Dave Kitson 1 5 3 4 1 0 0 24 7 3
      9 Kevin Doyle 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 16 3 0
      22 André Stéphane Bikey 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
      19 Liam Rosenior 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Khalifa Cissé 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Adam Federici 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Shane Long 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
    • Middlesbrough
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      21 Ross Turnbull 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 0
      31 David Wheater 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 11 1 2
      2 Luke Young 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 0 9
      6 Emanuel Pogatetz 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 16 8 4
      8 Jonathan Woodgate 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 1 2
      7 George Boateng 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 39 1 1
      10 Fábio Rochemback 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 33 3 2
      28 Adam Johnson 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 14 5 4
      19 Stewart Downing 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 29 6 1
      18 Dong Gook Lee 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 11 3 1
      11 Jeremie Aliadiere 0 7 3 2 0 0 0 16 2 1
      27 Lee Cattermole 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Tuncay Sanli 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 14 1 0
      14 Robert Huth 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
      32 Jason Steele 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      36 Ben Hutchinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 89' Tuncay can't quite get to an Aliadiere cross as Hahnemann beats the Turk to the ball.
    • 88' SO CLOSE FOR KITSON! His header from a Hunt cross from the left flies inches wide.
    • 82' But Boro are almost caught on the break as Stephen Hunt peels away. But a defender just gets back in time.
    • 81' GOAL! It's Tuncay with a bullet header for Boro from a Luke Young cross. No chance Hahnemann.
    • 78' Tuncay makes a great break into the Reading box after being fed by Aliadiere. But his touch is too heavy and Hahnemann comes out to smother the ball.
    • 67' Aliadiere heads wide after nipping in between a statuesque Hahnemann and Sonko. A let off for Reading.
    • 62' Gunnarsson sees an edge-of-the-area piledriver deflected over for a corner. Reading are well on top now.
    • 58' Good shot by Convey which is fired just wide. It looked like Turnbull might have got a hand on that but the referee has given a goal kick.
    • 53' GOAL! For Reading. It's Dave Kitson with a lob over Turnbull. It came from a massive goal kick from Hahnemann which Doyle nodded on.
    • 39' Great chance for Boro's Adam Johnson who hits the post after his shot hit Hahnemann. He should have scored though. He only had the keeper to beat after Dong Gook had squared the ball to him from the byline.
    • 30' Boateng puts the ball in the net after the second ball is bungled through to him from the corner. But he's an impressive 5 yards offside so it's ruled out.
    • 28' A SHOT! By Dave Kitson after he cut in from the left, but Turnbull parries it away. Best chance so far.
    • 23' Aliadière makes a pacey break into the penalty area before falling dramatically. No penalty says Alan Wiley - and he's dead right. Was that a dive?
    • 20' Dave Kitson goes down in the penalty area. But the ref gives a free kick to Boro.
    • 19' Hunt makes an incisive break into the Boro penalty area. He cuts inside past Pogatetz, but Wheater gets back to nick the ball and clear.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Alan Wiley

  • Reading

    Manager: Steve Coppell

    Captain: Graeme Murty

    On the Field

    • Hahnemann
    • Murty
    • Sonko
    • Ingimarsson
    • Shorey
    • Hunt
    • Gunnarsson
    • Harper
    • Convey
    • Doyle
    • Kitson

    Subs

    • Rosenior
    • Bikey
    • Long
    • Federici
    • Cisse

    Injured

    • Duberry
    • Little
    • Golbourne

    Suspended

    None

  • Middlesbrough

    Manager: Gareth Southgate

    Captain: George Boateng

    On the Field

    • Turnbull
    • Young
    • Woodgate
    • Wheater
    • Pogatetz
    • Boateng
    • Rochemback
    • Johnson
    • Dong Gook
    • Aliadière
    • Downing

    Subs

    • Huth
    • Tuncay
    • Cattermole
    • Hutchinson
    • Steele

    Injured

    • Schwarzer
    • Mido
    • Bates
    • Jones
    • Taylor

    Suspended

    None