Roy Keane felt it was a fair result as Town took a point from the Madejski Stadium but he wasn't happy with Blues' passing.

Jon Stead scored for the third game in succession against Royals but Simon Church equalised two minutes after the break.

"It was probably a fair result, although Brendan [Rodgers] might not agree," Roy told the Club website.

"We had three or four chances, good chances, particularly Tamas Priskin in the second-half but to be fair to Reading, so did they.

"We had to get bodies in the way late on but we brought a lot of that pressure on ourselves. Our passing was awful. We gave the ball away cheaply all over the pitch.

"It's another draw and they are stacking up at the moment. In our last two games we have not played that well but we've picked up four points so we have to look at that as a positive."

Roy had praise for Liam Rosenior, who was booed relentlessly by the Reading fans on his return to the Madejski but was outstanding throughout.

"Liam has been excellent for us and it was the same again day," added Roy.

"Players will get stick when they go back to their old club, although Liam is still a Reading player of course. But good players thrive on that situation and he enjoyed it."