Proud Reading boss Ruben Selles saluted his team’s spirit and progress after they pocketed a precious point at promotion-chasing Peterborough.
The struggling Royals twice battled back from behind to share the spoils with the League One top-scorers, as goals from Sam Smith and Femi Azeez cancelled out efforts from Josh Knight and Ephron Mason-Clark.
Reading remain in the bottom four of League One, but Selles said: “The point is good for us, but the performance we produced and knowing we can compete in this type of game is even better.
“Peterborough are one of the best opponents in the division and getting a result here is very difficult, so I’m proud of my team.
“We had some problems as it was a new team with a lot of new characters. It took a little bit of time for us to find the connection but I think they have found it now. For me it is a pleasure to work with these players.
“The target is to be a team that is difficult to beat, that want to play together, that want to fight together and want to do great things which we showed today.
“Femi has become a very important player for us. He can make the difference with the assist and the goal, but he is also a big part of what we do defensively.”
Reading fell behind to Knight’s header six minutes before the break and were fortunate not to concede two penalties in the opening half.
Second-placed Posh then saw a Hector Kyprianou strike ruled out for offside just before substitute Smith squeezed in a 63rd-minute equaliser.
Azeez hit a post before Mason-Clark again put Reading on the ropes by restoring Posh’s lead in the 69th minute.
But the visitors refused to roll over as Azeez levelled with five minutes to go to secure just their fifth away point.
Peterborough manager Darren Ferguson said: “I’m disappointed not to win a game that I felt we deserved to win.
“We twice led in the game, we had 20 shots and 16 corners, but the one thing we couldn’t do was get ourselves into a two-goal lead.
“I think we should have had penalties and I’m told Hector was onside when he scored, but what can you do? Everyone makes mistakes.
“Our response to conceding a goal was fantastic to go and get 2-1 up, but we just couldn’t kill the game off and ended up giving away a sloppy goal late on.
“There are going to be plenty of dropped points – especially over this period – but we’re on a really good run and we keep going.
“Reading are a good team and the manager is doing a good job. I don’t know why they are where they are.
“I knew it would be a very tough game and that proved to be the case.”
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