Substitute Lucas Joao headed a 72nd-minute balancer as Reading constrained a 1-1 Sky Bet Title draw at Bristol City. The hosts went on in first-half stoppage time when Tommy Conway terminated home left-footed from 10 yards out following George Leather expert's cross after a smooth passing move.
In any case, Reading retaliated to level when Andy Carroll headed capably across objective for Joao to rise and gesture over abandoned goalkeeper Max O'Leary.
City invited back striker Conway after a hamstring issue, yet were shy of focus backs. With Loot Atkinson, Kal Naismith and Tomas Kalas on the harmed list, Zak Vyner and Cameron Pring arranged in a back four. Winger Imprint Sykes began a four-match suspension. Reading rolled out four improvements, with Amadou Mbengue, Nesta Gunness-Walker, Tyrese Fornah and Yakou Meite back in the firing line-up.
Conway volleyed wide and Anis Mehmetii had a shot hindered in a great City start that saw Reading's Thomas Holmes reserved for a foul after just four minutes. The guests had to guard frantically as Andreas Weimann and Nahki Wells saw endeavors beaten away. Wells had the ball in the net in the sixteenth moment, however it was controlled offside.
Reading undermined momentarily in the eighteenth moment when Meite neglected to connect with a volley, however it was all the home side as goalkeeper Joe Lumley saved courageously at the feet of Wells. Two Reading corners with hardly a pause in between facilitated the tension on their protection, however Lumley was brought right into it again on the half-hour mark, assembling a savage Wells drive from 25 yards.
Reading's best first-half possibility came following 44 minutes when Meite got in behind Vyner to break clear. City goalkeeper O'Leary progressed from his line to drive the striker wide and when he shot from a limited point, Vyner had returned to head clear.
Conway's objective profound into two minutes of stoppage time had home fans cheering at the half-time whistle. Reading started the final part on the front foot, Carroll shooting barely wide from distance. However, Lumley was as yet the more occupied guardian, managing a Matty James shot from 25 yards.
The two sides made changes, Reading fans reciting "you don't have the foggiest idea what you're doing" when Paul Ince supplanted Guinness-Walker and Fornah with Joao and Femi Azeez. Before long those scoffs tuned to cheers as Joao got in somewhere around 11 minutes of being presented.
The two sides went all out for the three places in the end arranges. City thought they had snatched the victor when Weimann constrained the ball home on 84 minutes, however for the second time they were denied by a lineman's banner. Substitute Andy Ruler saw a stoppage-opportunity header return off the bar as City needed to make due with a point.
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