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Reading 4 (Long 26, 40, 74, 89)

Shane Long scored all four goals as the Royals earned a second tour victory in Sweden on Saturday afternoon.

Brendan Rodgers' side dominated proceedings, and the game was a good next step to build up fitness for the start of the Championship in two weeks' time.

Long got two in each half, and could have plundered a few more as the Royals threatened to run riot and get close to a repeat of the 8-0 win over Jonsered two days earlier.

On more than one occasion the referee took a friendly view towards challenges on our forwards inside the box, while midfielders David Mooney and Gylfi Sigurdsson were both unable to find the net from good positions late on.

Noel Hunt stepped up his recovery with a 30-minute runout as a substitute, while Chris Armstrong completed his first 90 minutes in a number of months. It was a positive exercise all round, without the same goalscoring reward from the previous game when everything we hit went in.

Reading (4-3-3): Hamer; Karacan, Armstrong, Bikey, Pearce (c) (Gunnarsson HT); Matejovsky, Sigurdsson, Mooney; Henry, Bignall (Hunt  61), Long
Subs: Andersen, Rosenior, Bertrand, Davies, Tabb, Robson-Kanu, Kebe, Church
Booked: Karacan (foul 76)

Attendance: 412

Full report
Reading were on the offensive from the off, with Shane Long hitting the post inside the first 90 seconds. David Mooney, playing in an advanced role as part of a three-man midfield, slipped Long in with a nice pass, and the striker went around the goalkeeper but sidefooted an effort that clipped the near post and rolled across goal.

Long was again prominent inside the box on ten minutes and certainly looked to be fouled, but not for the first time the referee was lenient and reluctant to be too harsh on the home side when they went to ground in the box.

As one would expect we were dominating possession, but chances were not coming quite as regularly as in our previous game on Thursday evening.

The first goal did come on 26 minutes though, and right back Jem Karacan did well to get in a scooped cross that Long headed home neatly at the far post.

15 minutes later it was our other full back Chris Armstrong who was the creator, getting in a low cross that Long stabbed in to double the advantage going into half time.

Second half
Reading made one change at the break; Brynjar Gunnarsson on for Alex Pearce, and as well as taking his place at centre back, Gunnarsson also took the captaincy.

Mooney created a chance for Gylfi Sigurdsson on 50, but he couldn't keep his header down from a sharp cross.

Long's pace allowed him to leave a defender in his wake on 57, and he got a shot in from a narrow angle that the 'keeper did well to save. From the corner, Andre Bikey put one wide after getting onto James Henry's delivery.

The game was a little low-key at times in terms of chances, but it was proving a positive workout and Noel Hunt came off the bench on the hour to get another runout on the way back from a foot injury.

With 15 minutes left Long completed his hat-trick, finishing well after a lovely throughball from Henry.

A moment later Karacan was harshly booked for a challenge, an unfortunate moment for the youngster who was playing well at right back.

Inside the last ten minutes the floodgates threatened to open, and with a bit more clinical finishing we would have scored a hatful. First Mooney was denied, then we should have had a penalty and Sigurdsson missed a great chance as the game really opened up for us.

Twice Long was unable to notch from close range as the 'keeper made desperate saves, and Mooney had a great chance with three minutes to go but put wide. Finally though it was 4-0 with practically the last kick as Long turned home from a Gunnarsson pass.