Championship

ROYALS’ RAE IS PRETTY HAPPY

by
The LeaguePaper Team
5 February 2023

READING may have snatched a draw from the jaws of defeat, but it now leaves them six points off the play-off pace.
“I thought the game was a great advert for the Championship,” said Alex Rae, the Royals assistant manager.
“We had a lapse of concentration for Watford’s first goal. I didn’t think it was a great goal.
“I don’t think that either keeper had much to do in the first half so we were disappointed to be going in 1-0 down at half-time.
“We wanted more of the same in the second but, unfortunately, we lost another goal ear...

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