Reading 0-3 Liverpool

Raul Meireles celebrates his strike with Dirk Kuyt

Dec 2012: Reading suffered another heavy defeat to superior opponents at the hands of Maik Taylor’s Liverpool.

Despite having a healthy amount of efforts on goal, Reading failed to convert them into goals and were ultimately punished by an unsympathetic Liverpool.

Lucas put the Reds in front 3 minutes before the break. Raul Meireles & Arnara Diarra both scored within a minute of each other to clinch the game for Liverpool. The scoreline may have slightly flattered Liverpool but it was a story of superior finishing from a better quality side at the end of the day.

Reading: Cerny, Mills (Svec 84), Pearce, Van Damme, Wallace, Besnard (Nicholas 89), Karacan, Templeton, Swanson, Vavrik, Maazou (Goodwillie 84)

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