Clarke dedicates win to fans

Steve Clarke was obviously impressed with his side’s showing against Sheffield Wednesday, mainly due to the number of chances that we created.

The Royals picked up a crucial and deserved win at the Madejski, with first-half goals from Pogrebnyak and Chalobah sealing the win. The second half should have seen more goals too, as McCleary had a goal wrongly ruled out for offside and Robson-Kanu missed a penalty.

Speaking to the Official Reading FC website, Clarke said: ‘There haven’t been too many wins this season for the fans to go home and enjoy, so I hope they enjoyed that one. I thought the team was good first half, we played a lot of good stuff and created some good chances.’

‘If anything, 2-0 at half time didn`t do us justice. We showed a great resolve to see the game out. We didn`t concede, we didn`t give an inch of ground, we stood there and fought toe to toe with Sheffield Wednesday and got a really good shape which gave us a 2-0 win.’

That first half was probably the best football we have played all season, against a good side, with a very good defensive record too. The Steve Clarke effect doesn’t look like wearing thin anytime soon, we look a completely different side if you compare it to two months ago.