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Crystal Palace cashing in
READING 2 C PALACE 4 ADAM FEDERICI’S half-time blunder gifted crisis-club Crystal Palace a crucial victory and extended Reading’s nightmare home run.
Neil Warnock’s Palace side were desperate for a lift after failing to receive their monthly wages at the end of November.
And they were handed a huge boost when Royals keeper Federici let Darren Ambrose’s shot fly through his hands in first-half added time.Nathaniel Clyne scored his first Palace goal after eight minutes but Alex Pearce headed Reading level after 31 minutes.
Ambrose put Palace ahead and a minute later Victor Moses’ curling shot made it 3-1. Reading pulled one back when Gylfi Sigurdsson scored from the spot after Grzegorz Raziak was fouled but Moses’ second strike sealed it. Reading 2