Burnley 0 Reading 1: Back to the drawing board as Clarets felled by late Karacan blow

Clarets chief Eddie Howe said: “We didn’t play well. We never really got going and looked a little flat for whatever reason.

“When we got into injury time we thought, having not played well at home, we’ll take the point. It was a real sickener to concede at the death.

“For long periods of the game we weren’t our usual selves and we’ll have to analyse why. It’s just a huge disappointment on the back of some really good form coming into the game.

“You’d think the lads would be buzzing and confident at home after those results, but I think both sides looked a little flat.

“It wasn’t a great spectacle. We never got our passing game going and it was a bitty game.

“All of our attacking play was disappointing, so there’s a lot there to analyse and look at and try and work out what went wrong.”

Reading manager Brian McDermott said he was relishing telling Jay Tabb the good news after the Royals midfielder was taken to hospital prior to team-mate Jem Karacan’s ‘99th-minute’ winner against Burnley.

Tabb was knocked unconscious with 20 minutes to go and after a lengthy break in play, the former Brentford midfielder was taken to hospital.

Play finally resumed and both sides seemed to be heading for a point in a drab goalless draw until Turkey Under-21 international Karacan stole in at the death to convert Mathieu Manset’s pass and hand the visitors all three points.

McDermott believed his side were worthy winners.

Burnley: Grant, Trippier, Amougou, Edgar, Easton, Stanislas (Treacy 55), McCann, Bartley, Wallace, Austin, Rodriguez. Unused substitutes: Stewart, Mee, Marney, Hines.

Reading: Federici, Cummings, Pearce, Gorkss, Jo Mills, McAnuff (Hunt 46), Robson-Kanu, Leigertwood, Tabb (Karacan 72), Le Fondre, Church (Manset 81). Unused substitutes:McCarthy, Harte.

Referee: P Gibbs (West Midlands).

Man of the match: Adam Le Fondre.