Shane Long has written himself and Reading into FA Cup folklore.

Seemingly dead and buried as the FA Cup 3rd round replay went into injury time Long was fouled and earned Reading a penalty.

Gylfi Sigurdsson cooly scored from the spot to send the game into extra time and then Shane Long headed home to give Reading a 2 - 1 lead that that they never let go.

Reading were good value over the 90 mins and to get the penalty shout in the final seconds was a fair reward for their overall play. As they were about to become a statistic Phil Dowd rightly awarded a penalty and a nearly moment turned into a cup shock.

All pressure now on Rafa Benitez and all credit to Brian McDermott and his side.