Very good game. Reading brilliant first half but Brighton came back well second half and should have scored as they had some great chances. Reading defended pretty well throughout really. All our players did well. I have been very critical of Kebe earlier in the season but he did well today. McAnuff superb - a real Captain's performance. Legs definitely back to his best and Karacan must have run 10 miles - outstanding fitness and desire. Church and ALF fed on scraps all day but created space for the likes of McAnuff to score. Everyone 8 out 10 today really with McAnuff MOTM with a 9. I don't think many (me included) thought we had a chance of promotion - let alone automatic promotion - but even that looks like a real possibility now to me.
Andrew1957

The game was well and truly won in the first half - after that we just sat back and soaked up the pressure as Brighton attacked, and we weren't really inspired when breaking forward. But in the first half we were way better and playing with the sort of arrogant swagger of a team full of confidence - tying things that we'd never have tried just a few weeks ago. Confidence does that - perhsp the players know that now we're doing well there won't be a collective intake of breath from the stands if anyone makes a mistake. Some of the tricks McAnuff & Kebe played in the first half to rate openings were great - none of that after teh break, but it wasn't really needed by then. But Brighton seemed massively short of confidence, especially at the back. At the back we looked a really solid unit again - Pearce and Gorkks outstanding again - although Griffin was caught out for pace a couple of times. And I'd not have been able to complain if there had been a penalty given when he jumped into CM-S as the latter was about to head the ball. In central midfield Leigertwood & Karacan played with the sort of energy and commitment of Sidwell & Harper.
Svlad Cjelli

Reading moved into the Championship play-off places as a Jobi McAnuff brace helped them to victory over Brighton. The home side began well and took the lead when McAnuff swept home Jimmy Kebe's cross from close range. McAnuff doubled their advantage with a low shot after he had cut inside Adam El-Abd, whose late own goal sealed Reading's win. It was a third straight victory for Brian McDermott's team, while Brighton have now lost three on the bounce. After starting the season superbly, Gus Poyet's men have slipped to 11th place, although only four points off the play-offs. Reading are sixth in the table with 36 points, three points behind Cardiff and Hull in fourth and fifth respectively. Reading threatened from the first whistle at the Madejski Stadium, with Brighton keeper Casper Ankergren keeping out Jem Karacan's deflected shot and Lewis Dunk clearing a close-range effort from Kebe. With the exception of an attempted lob from Mauricio Taricco, which landed on the top of the goal, Brighton threatened little and had a mountain to climb at the break following McAnuff's first-half double. The visitors were better in the second half and thought they had a way back into the game when Craig Mackail-Smith was bundled over by Andy Griffin in the box, but referee Simon Hooper waved away their penalty appeals. Mackail-Smith had two wonderful chances to reduce the deficit, but he took an air-shot in front of goal and then prodded Craig Noone's inviting cross the wrong side of the post. Reading finally ended the game as a contest when El-Abd steered Kebe's cross past his own goalkeeper.

Reading manager Brian McDermott:
"April next year is a long way away. It's too far way to even think about. "What this win does is set us up for the next game against Ipswich, but no more than that. "It took us a long time to get going last season and this year we had to rebuild after losing Shane Long and Matt Mills in the summer."
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