Reading manager Ruben Selles urged his team to be more ruthless in front of goal after a scrappy 1-1 home draw with Bristol Rovers in League One.
Bottom-of-the-table Reading went ahead five minutes before the interval when striker Sam Smith rifled in his first goal of the season.
But Rovers levelled in the 57th minute when former Reading loanee Chris Martin lofted a fine shot over home keeper David Button.
Reading are now winless in eight league matches.
“Football is all about moments and we had a moment to make it 2-0 [Harvey Knibbs’ chance shortly before half-time],” Selles said.
“Then, in the second half, they scored their goal. But we had many situations to score our second one and we didn’t do it.
“When we did make that pressure with that action from Sam, it was good that he got his goal.
“But we can be better in this area, with our finishing. We had a lot of ball in the opposition half but in those situations, we need to get in more shots and more shots on target.
“We made a lot of turnarounds, when we won the ball, but we made some mistakes after that.
“If we want to be competitive, we have to take advantage of these good positions.
“It is not about individual players missing these chances, it is about all of us. We have been in these situations before. It is as a team that we need to take these chances.
”We have been making a rotation in our League One squad. And I have been trying to be consistent with 80 per cent of the team.
“When we make our selections, we always try to have some options.”
Rovers caretaker manager Andy Mangan is now unbeaten in three league and FA Cup matches in charge since replacing the sacked Joey Barton last month.
“The feeling in the dressing room, it’s really frustrated,” Mangan said. “I feel like the result has cost us three points.
“We’ve created several chances, going right through to the very end.
“We felt like we played well throughout and we had the better chances over the 90 minutes. We all know that.
“We cost ourselves on the first goal. And it’s always hard when you’re 1-0 down.
“But we showed a lot of guts in the team to come back. We were really positive at half-time.
“We came out firing in the second half. The first 20 minutes, we managed to get that goal.
“And although we might have dropped off a bit after that, I still thought we should have won the game in the end.”
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