Reading boss Ruben Selles described Tuesday’s 3-0 win over Newport County as a ‘good night time’ as a result of it confirmed progress into the Round of 32 of the EFL Trophy.
A dominant present from the Royals, it took until the final word quarter-hour for the hosts’ efforts to be rewarded as Harvey Knibbs’ brace and Jayden Wareham’s strike confirmed victory over the League Two Exiles.
Speaking after the victory, Selles acknowledged: “The efficiency was good, and I feel we performed the sport how we needed to play. Obviously the primary quarter-hour are tough in these video games, however we created some conditions within the first half to be at the very least 1-0 up. In the second half we continued taking part in and discovering our areas. It was concerning the second we scored the primary objective. We adjusted a few issues at half-time, however we knew that if we scored the primary objective then we might rating the second and third- and we did. I feel the crew had been good and the boys did a extremely good job. It was an excellent night time for us.
“It would have been a calmer recreation [scoring earlier] but when the sport was like that it might enable us to enter half-time and see what the issue was. We detected that we have been very static within the field, so that they have been closing our strains of passing as a result of we weren’t making the ultimate move as a result of we didn’t have the spare participant. I feel within the second half we fastened it and closed the transition higher. In not scoring the objective, there’s at all times one thing we will do higher.”
Promising to begin a powerful crew, Selles caught to his phrase because the likes of Lewis Wing, Amadou Mbengue and Ben Elliott all featured from the beginning.
“It was a extremely sturdy employees, and it’s good that we’re talking a couple of very sturdy employees with two full backs at 16 and 17 and a midfielder at 18 years earlier. Ashqar [Ahmed] has been involved inside the remaining 4 or 5 video video games, Andre is Andre and Shay is rising and having fun with every cup recreation, in a position to go. We had a strong employees and ended truly sturdy.
“The boys are growing, and they are doing a fantastic job. It is good news that we can modify the position for Lewis Wing, playing as an eight, and modify for Jeriel Dorsett in his usual position before we arrived and having Abraham [Kanu] back after a long period of injury.”
