Bristol C vs Reading
Sky Bet Chship
3:00pm Saturday October
Ashton Gate
(Att: 21419)
Famara Diedhiou was Bristol Citys match-winner at a 1-0 Sky Bet Championship triumph against Reading at Ashton Gate.
The only goal arrived on 12 minutes after Niclas Eliassons cross from the right found the significant striker unmarked to head home from eight metres.
A Reading side unlucky not to take a point pushed them all of the way, although victory extended Citys unbeaten run to ten matches.
City made a start and Callum ODowda got behind the Reading defence on the left and crossed for Andreas Weimann to go over.
However, Reading responded well to falling behind. In the 20th minute the impressive Ovie Ejaria needed a shot blocked and fired just wide.
Five minutes later City were caught out by a long ball forward to Yakou Meite and so were spared by goalkeeper Dan Bentley, who spread himself to rescue one-on-one.
Buoyed by his goal, Diedhiou needed a shot but Reading looked both dangerous and Ejaria shot from the border of the box.
City had two chances at the onset of the second halfan ODowda forcing a save from Rafael Cabral with a drive along with an Eliasson cross fizzing with no team-mate able to receive a touch throughout the six-yard box.
In the opposite end George Puscas flipped Taylor Moore about the corner of this box only to shoot wildly with Meite.
Reading should have equalised on 56 minutes when Ejaria burst into the penalty area on the left and made a perfect low cross for Puscas to receive his feet mixed up in the far post and fail to convert from six metres.
Together by exploring on top and Ejaria causing City issues, six minutes later Puscas was replaced with Lucas Boye. A mazy run to the byline watched him send in another low cross, which has been desperately cleared.
Reading were looking increasingly dangerous and Lee Johnson made a switch on 72 minutes, sending Antoine Semenyo and Jack Hunt for Diedhiou and Eliasson.
A misplaced pass by Semenyo saw Reading break in the 79th minute and Meites powerful run finished with a shot that flashed wide. Since Lucas Joao substituted Michael Morrison, Seeing boss Jose Gomes subsequently sacrificed one of the three centre-backs.
A long throw from the abandoned brought an equaliser as City defender Ashley Williams poked the ball of their own net. By which City just about escaped, Bentleys failure to assert a cross scramble.
At a frantic end, Bentley saved brilliantly from Boyes low shot and City substitute Kasey Palmer finished weakly when he should have scored.
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