Bristol C vs Reading
Sky Bet Chboat
3:00pm Saturday 5th October
Ashton Gate
(Att: 21419)
Famara Diedhiou has been Bristol Citys match-winner in a 1-0 Sky Bet Championship win against Reading at Ashton Gate.
The goal came on 12 minutes after Niclas Eliassons cross from the right saw the striker unmarked to head home.
Victory prolonged Citys unbeaten run but a Reading side unfortunate to not take a point on the equilibrium of drama pushed them all the way.
City created a start and earlier Diedhious goal Callum ODowda got behind the Reading defence on the left and crossed for Andreas Weimann to head over.
But Reading reacted to falling behind, nicely. In the 20th minute that the remarkable Ovie Ejaria needed a shot and fired just wide.
Five minutes later City were caught out by a long ball to Yakou Meite and so were rescued by goalkeeper Dan Bentley, who distribute himself to save one-on-one.
Buoyed by his purpose, Diedhiou needed a shot deflected for a corner, but Reading looked both dangerous and Ejaria shot over from the edge of this box.
City had two chances at the beginning of the next halfan ODowda forcing a save from Rafael Cabral with a low drive and an Eliasson cross fizzing throughout the box.
George Puscas flipped Taylor Moore on the corner of this box only to shoot wildly over with Meite expecting to get a cross.
Reading must have equalised on 56 minutes once Ejaria produced a great cross for Puscas dont convert from six metres and to receive his feet combined up at the far post and also burst into the penalty area on the left.
Six minutes after Puscas was replaced with Lucas Boye, with Reading causing City issues. A run to the byline saw him send in another cross, which was desperately cleared.
Reading looked dangerous and Lee Johnson made a double change about 72 minutes, sending on Antoine Semenyo along with Jack Hunt for both Diedhiou and Eliasson.
A misplaced pass by Semenyo saw Reading break at the 79th minute and Meites powerful run ended with a shot which flashed wide. Since Lucas Joao substituted Michael Morrison, visiting boss Jose Gomes subsequently sacrificed one of the three centre-backs.
A long throw in the abandoned brought an equaliser as City defender Ashley Williams poked the ball of their own net. From which City about penalizing Bentleys failure to assert a cross resulted in a goalmouth scramble.
In a frantic end, Bentley saved brilliantly from Boye shot and City substitute Kasey Palmer finished weakly when he should have tasted.
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