5 things we learned from Reading v Leeds United

Much talk about Wood, but little impact he made

Much in the build-up was made about whether or not Chris Wood would be fit to start and thus try and add to his 24 Championship goals this term.

He did make the starting eleven, but didn’t have the desired effect. Although that cannot be blamed entirely on him.

The New Zealand international struggled to impose himself on the Reading backline throughout the first half, but the service to him from the likes of Hadi Sacko and Pablo Hernandez wasn’t good enough.

Too often crosses would fail to beat the first man or through balls would go astray, and although Leeds improved in the second period, Wood was still on the periphery of the action.

Reading striker Yann Kermorgant said in the week that Leeds were a ‘one-man’ team, such has been Wood’s displays this term, but it was clear from Saturday that the striker cannot do it all on his own – the service to him needs to be better, and at the level it has been for much of the campaign.