Reading 2-4 Palace

An exquisite brace from wonder kid Victor Moses sealed a 4-2 victory in a pulsating tie at the Madjeski Stadium.

Nathanial Clyne opened the scoring with his first senior goal, and what a goal to open your account with. He cut in from the right wing and unleashed a shot from 20 yards that beat the keeper at his near post. Reading hit back with a Sigurdsson header before Moses retook the lead for Palace with an arrowed strike from 30 yards and Darren Ambrose found his shooting boots again with a near carbon copy of Clyne's goal.

Reading came back again after the break converting a penalty conceded by a clumsy Jose Fonte challenge.

After some nervy moments Moses cut inside from the left dropped his shoulder beat two defenders and finished emphatically to seal the win and leave the Eagles just two points of the Play-offs.

It was a sensational performance and just the right tonic for Palace fans who were left deflated after last weeks financial news and the embarrassing defeat at the hands of Doncaster Rovers.

Reading v Palace

So the question is which Palace will turn up tonight to face Reading?

The side that thrashed Watford or the side that were thrashed by Doncaster Rovers? Only time will tell but personally I am have faith in the managers ability to turn things round and ensure that Saturday doesn't happen again.

It's expected Warnock will name an unchanged side but hopefully he won't be tempted to be overly cautious and exile Victor Moses out onto the wing again. This is what happened on Saturday and look at the result; we need to be brave and take the game to a Reading side who are decidedly brittle at home.

The Royals' danger man will surely be Gregorz Rasiak who has a nasty habit of scoring against us and is dangerous aerially. There's also some old faces in the opposition camp tonight with Jobi McAnuff likely to start on the right wing (cue boos from Palace) and legend and former captain Dean Austin in the dugout after being named as Brendan Rodgers's assistant in the summer.


On a side-note, congratulations to Clint Hill who is in line to make his 100th appearance for the club tonight.

Good luck to the boys tonight and let's hope we can get back on track.

Here's hoping!