READING GO DOWN!

READING were relegated from the Barclays Premier League despite a convincing victory over Derby at Pride Park.

The Royals put in a performance to be proud of as they swept the Rams aside with relative ease. James Harper curled home to hand the Royals a deserved half-time lead before Dave Kitson, Kevin Doyle and Leroy Lita made it a second-half rout.

COPP TO BOTTOM

GEOFF SWEET at Madejski Stadium

IT seems harsh to criticise a good guy who stood up for all that is morally correct by suspending two players who turned their back on Reading in an hour of need.

But the fates of Ibrahima Sonko and Emerse Fae fade into insignificance compared to where the Royals find themselves after this sad defeat to a Robbie Keane goal.

COP CHILLER

CHRIS BASCOMBE at JJB Stadium

READING are still in danger of sinking faster than the pasties at a John Prescott lunch.

This point kept them clinging to a position of safety — but it is now seven hours and 41 minutes since they scored.

STEP ON THE GAS!

ROB SHEPHERD at The Emirates

CESC FABREGAS played like a dream but then presented Arsene Wenger with a potential headache.

The 20-year-old Spanish starlet orchestrated the silky destruction of a Reading side whose Premier League future will now go down to the wire.