Cambridge United 2 Reading 1

 This really was a game of two halves with Reading dominating the first half and taking the lead on 38 minutes through ex-Posh player Jack Marriot (needless to say he enjoyed scoring that one). To be honest, it was probably what the Royals deserved after the sustained pressure of the first half.

The second half saw Cambridge come out looking for a response and they found one when Liam Bennet - one of the shortest blokes on the pitch - scored a header from a Callum Perry Cross on the 52nd minute. Ten minutes later and another defender converted for the Us when Kelland Watts headed home from a Mpanzu cross. This time it was probably the tallest player scoring from a header rather than the shortest, but it did highlight a weakness that Cambridge had clearly targeted at half time. 

Reading pushed for an equaliser but the two scorers were also pretty active in defence in stopping Reading make much progress, a good result and a good performance, especially from Watts and Bennet.







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