Our under-21s bounced back from last Monday’s defeat in convincing style with a 3-0 win over Reading at Meadow Park on Sunday.
Ali made two changes from the Nottingham Forest game, inserting Zane Monlouis and James Sweet in place of Taylor Foran and Jimi Gower.
We started brighter and created the game’s first chance when Lino Sousa tested the palms of Harvey Collins in the Reading goal.
Moments later a scramble inside the six-yard box saw the ball land kindly to Khayon Edwards but he rattled his effort off the crossbar.
It was one-way traffic and Amario Cozier-Duberry pulled out a brilliant piece of skill to beat his marker and drive into the box but his strike was once again well saved by Collins.