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Reading team-mates square up to each other during dramatic loss

Published 16:57 13 Apr 2016 BST

Ben Kiely
Reading team-mates square up to each other during dramatic loss

Homesport

Reading were heavily reliant on the goalkeeping heroics of Ali Al-Habsi to keep things level after Simon Cox's first goal of the season cancelled out Emilio Nsue's opener for Middlesbrough on Tuesday night.

There was a sense that something had to give with all that pressure mounting, although it looked like the Royals were going to grab a winner through Matej Vydra. However, the Czech striker missed a glorious opportunity to become the hero when he blasted his effort over the bar after Stephen Quinn's wonderful pass left him with only the goalkeeper beat. Moments later, Boro's Adam Forshaw scored one of the most amazingly crap winners you'll ever see. https://twitter.com/hemps23/status/719990799463792643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw But that wasn't the only drama in the game as, with 10 minutes left to go in normal time, there was an extremely tense moment between Paul McShane and team-mate Danny Williams. Referee Scott Duncan had to intervene to calm things down, after both men squared up to each other and bumped chests after the ball went out for a throw-in. https://twitter.com/TalkReading/status/720239322742566913  
Reading team-mates square up to each other during dramatic loss