September 11 2010

Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace crashed to a 3-0 defeat at Reading.

Eagles manager George Burley handed debuts to loanees James Vaughan in attack and centre half Anthony Gardner.

Reading started brightly with captain Matt Mills nodding against the bar from a Brian Howard corner.

And they broke the deadlock on 37 minutes with a penalty after Shane Long turned Palace skipper Paddy McCarthy who tripped his Irish compatriot in the box. Long got up to score from the spot.

Julian Bennett was next to give away a penalty, catching the lively Long in the box and Ian Harte buried the spot kick in the 65th minute.

Jimmy Kebe then added a third goal in stoppage time with a shot from the edge of the area from Howard's pass.

Reading: Federici, Cummings, Mills, Pearce, Harte, Kebe, Karacan, Howard, McAnuff, Gunnarsson, Long (Church 89).

Not Used: Williams, Hunt, Khizanishvili, Antonio, Robson-Kanu, McCarthy.

Palace: Speroni, Clyne, McCarthy, Gardner, Bennett, Dorman (Counago 46), Garvan, Marrow (Cadogan 65), Danns, Djilali, Vaughan (Andrew 80).

Not Used: Davis, Barrett, Price, Holness.

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