It just wouldn't go in. Olise hit the post, Joe Wildsmith denied Alfa Semedo, Lucas Joao, Ovie Ejaria, Sone Aluko and others, Adam Reach cleared a goal-bound shot from underneath his own crossbar...and referee Oliver Langford refused to point the spot despite strong appeals for fouls on Omar Richards and Josh Laurent as well as a handball inside the box
Reading were patient but persistent in the pressure they applied for a winner, but it just wouldn't come.
Take a look at some of the best photos from a point on the road but a frustrating evening in Sheffield...