Striker Noel Hunt revealed that manager Brendan Rodgers gave the players a number of home truths after our 3-2 defeat at Peterborough on Saturday.

The Royals saw a 2-0 half time lead slip away, and Rodgers was left hugely disappointed with the team's second half performance at London Road.

Noel said, "The manager was gutted after the game and he laid down a few home truths, as he needed to.

"It's down to us on the pitch, he's doing everything he can and we're not carrying it out on the field. Individually and collectively we take the blame for our mistakes.

"We let him down in the second half. First half we did well, got some great balls in the box, fullbacks got forward and it just stopped in the second half. We didn't deal with the first ten minutes of the second half and we're gutted.

"We're gutted for the gaffer, he's been doing so well and the players should take the brunt of this, not him.

"We just didn't turn up second half. I'm stunned, it was like we left the game early. They put us under pressure and we didn't handle it. They got an early goal and we forgot everything we were taught.

"The time for talking now has finished, we owe ourselves a result. We need to learn quickly from this experience. We are all very, very disappointed, we need to look at it and make sure it never happens again. The manager will make sure of that."