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Commentary
1¹A shot from DOYLE was headed off the line by FAVALLI.
12¹GOAL!! A short corner was played out to GRØNKJÆR who placed the ball into the roof of the net. (1-0 Middlesbrough)
13¹DOYLE shot wide.
14¹BERTRAND ran onto a delightful ball from POTTER but fumbled his shot wide.
16¹The Reading 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked strike from VOLPATO.
17¹GIMÉNEZ stormed through the Middlesbrough defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
21¹A free-kick from GRØNKJÆR raced over the bar.
29¹The Reading 'keeper was able to block a tame header from VOLPATO.
38¹SEITARIDIS rushed an easy chance.
0²DOYLE brought the ball round ZACCARDO and rattled a poor shot wide.
1²GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed POTTER to knock the ball to VORONIN who blasted a deadly shot into the back of the net. (1-1)
7²ZAMORA receives a yellow card for a cynical tackle.
9²A cynical tackle on GRØNKJÆR by BERTRAND results in a booking.
13²GOAL!! A shot from GRØNKJÆR deflected off the head of ROTHEN and flew past the helpless Reading 'keeper and over the line. (2-1 Middlesbrough)
14²The stunned DE SANCTIS could only watch as a backpass from AIMAR dropped just wide.
16²A accurate pass fell to VOLPATO and his right foot shot went narrowly over.
17²GOAL!! GRØNKJÆR hit a glorious twenty-five yard shot past the bemused 'keeper. (3-1 Middlesbrough)
21²VORONIN booked for gamesmanship.
22²FONT knocked the ball to GRØNKJÆR who flicked it just beyond the near post.
23²A corner found FAVALLI who forced an effort over the bar.
25²LEGROTTAGLIE beat a number of Reading players and drove an effort just wide.
38²A header by ZAMORA at the near post was comfortably collected by the Middlesbrough 'keeper.

 
Middlesbrough
 
League position: 2
Home league form: LLWW
Overall league form: WLWLXWLW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Morgan DE SANCTIS7 16½Oleksandr SHOVKOVSKYI(c)
Cristian ZACCARDO7½27 Giourkas SEITARIDIS
(c)Giuseppe FAVALLI6½36 Ryan BERTRAND
Pablo AIMAR8½46½Jérôme ROTHEN
Nicola LEGROTTAGLIE6½58 Ron VLAAR
Wilfred BOUMA6 66½Aimo DIANA
Francisco RUFETE7½76½Darren POTTER
Jesper GRØNKJÆR7 87½Christian GIMÉNEZ
(p)Rey VOLPATO6½96 Kevin DOYLE(p)
(f)Héctor FONT6 106½Bobby ZAMORA(f)
Javier SAVIOLA6½116½Andriy VORONIN
Manager
Steve FINNAN  12  RICARDO Sérgio ROCHA
Andreas ISAKSSON  13  Dmitri LOSKOV
Jack HOBBS  14  Darren PURSE
Matty FRYATT  15  Santiago SOLARI
 166 Simon WALTON
 
Reading
 
League position: 5
Away league form: LXLX
Overall league form: LLWXLWXW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Middlesbrough 3 Reading 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 39,993, Stadium: Riverside, Referee: Jirí Lerch 6)

Grønkjær 12¹, Rothen 13² (og), Grønkjær 17²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Voronin 1²
 PotteróWalton 14²
  
 Zamora 7², Bertrand 9², Voronin 21²
50
619
01
57
78
1215
26
50%50%
Man of the match: Pablo Aimar