All square at Craven Cottage as Fulham 失望させる Reading
Reading escaped with a 1-1 draw from a feisty Sky Bet 選手権 play-off 半分-final first 脚 at Fulham.
The 解放する／自由な-得点する／非難する／２０ing Cottagers 支配するd at Craven Cottage but had only Tom Cairney’s header to show for their 成果／努力s.
Reading had taken a surprise lead through Jordan Obita, but after Cairney equalised they had to withstand a second-half 猛攻撃.
Tom Cairney celebrates with his team-mates after 得点する／非難する／２０ing for Fulham
They 生き残るd the final 10 minutes with 10 men after captain Paul McShane was sent off ? the defender will now 行方不明になる Tuesday’s second 脚 and the final should they get there.
Fulham may have finished the season in sixth place but they were the 共同の-highest scorers in the 分割 with 85 goals from 46 matches ? 含むing a 5-0 大打撃を与えるing of Reading here in December.
王室のs boss Jaap Stam, 推定では mindful of that mauling, 選ぶd for a five-man defence and 陳列する，発揮するd a （疑いを）晴らす 意図 to 失望させる Fulham’s potent attack.
Their midfielder John Swift even 選ぶd up a 調書をとる／予約するing for time wasting, six minutes before half-time.
Fulham left their 16-year-old prodigy Ryan Sessegnon on the （法廷の）裁判, にもかかわらず it not 存在 a school night, but they still created the better of the few chances in the first half.
The best of them fell to Sone Aluko, who was unmarked 12 yards out when he met Floyd Ayite’s 削減（する）-支援する but pulled his 発射 across goal and wide. Cairney curled an 早期に 成果／努力 high and wide, and Ayite 発射 wastefully into the 味方する netting when he should have squared the ball in first-half 停止 time.
But for all their 欠如（する） of ambition, Reading stunned the hosts when Obita 解雇する／砲火／射撃d them into the lead eight minutes after half- time.
Fulham felt Stefan Johansen was fouled in the build-up as McShane ploughed through the midfield and fed Obita on the left.
The 十分な-支援する was not の近くにd 負かす／撃墜する quickly enough by Ryan Fredericks and 演習d a low, angled 運動 in off the far 地位，任命する.
That 後退 単に served to 解雇する／砲火／射撃 Fulham up, however, and Johansen saw a long-範囲 成果／努力 saved by Ali Al Habsi before they grabbed a 65th-minute equaliser. Scott Malone’s cross was palmed out by Al Habsi straight の上に the 長，率いる of Cairney, who nodded into an unguarded 逮捕する for his 13th goal of the season.
McShane was then shown a straight red card for an a wful challenge on Kevin McDonald, and the 10-man 訪問者s were 軍隊d 支援する deeper and deeper.
But Fulham were unable to find a way through with Ayite 解雇する／砲火／射撃ing over from the 辛勝する／優位 of the area and Fredericks 運動ing wide in 停止 time.
Fulham boss Slavisa Jokanovic: “We can’t be 完全に 満足させるd. We didn’t 勝利，勝つ the game. I believe we deserved to 得点する／非難する／２０ more and 勝利，勝つ the game but everything is now open for the game on Tuesday night. We had many chances but we were not 臨床の enough.” Reading boss Jaap Stam: “I’m not talking about ‘advantage Reading’. We know what we can do, we are 確信して in our squad and Fulham are a very talented team. Home advantage doesn’t 保証（人） anything, we will have to work hard.”
