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Paul Ince proud of his players after ‘deserved’ draw with Norwich

Ji-Min Lee by Ji-Min Lee
Friday, December 30, 2022 11:12 pm
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Paul Ince's Reading battled hard to secure a 1-1 draw with Norwich. Picture: Luke Adams

Paul Ince's Reading battled hard to secure a 1-1 draw with Norwich. Picture: Luke Adams

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READING FC manager Paul Ince expressed his satisfaction with a hard-fought point at Carrow Road on Friday evening.

The Royals came into the game off a win against Swansea earlier in the week but fell behind to a Adam Idah goal shortly after the interval.

Andy Carroll was able to equalise from the spot after substitute Nesta Guinness-Walker earned his side a penalty in the 83rd minute.

When asked if he was pleased with the result, Ince said: “Very much so. They are a very good side, coming down from the Premier League with so top players, so to come here and get a fully deserved point is great.

“Swansea took a lot out of us because they’re a very good possession-based footballing team, so we did a lot of running around.

“If I’d have said Swansea, Norwich away and West Brom away and we would have picked up four points you’d be happy with that. Now we go up to West Brom, who have been playing well at the moment. I thought the lads were excellent today.”

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The Royals boss was particularly pleased with goalscorer Andy Carroll and Nesta Guinness-Walker.

He said: “[Andy Carroll] was unbelievable, for some of his age with his work rate. Everything about him frightens the life out of people. If you want to see what a striker does, look at that game because he had everything to it. He was unreal.

“We looked at the bench and I thought there was no point having two wing backs with Nesta [Guinness] and Baba so I was that close to saying Nesta. Attacking-wise he’s our best wing-back. He’s been great in training.

“He’s been frustrated that he’s not been playing but most players are. His training has been unreal and he’s always telling me he wants to be in the side and that’s what you want. I’m really pleased with him and I’m glad we managed to nick a point out of it.”

A minute’s was observed before kick-off to honour Brazilian football icon, Pele, who died on Thursday.

Ince said: “We use the word ‘great’ too often sometimes but he was a god wasn’t he? When you think of Pele, you think of Gordon Banks, with the header, that’s got to be the most iconic moment of football.

“The younger generation might not know how great he was. We’ll always have the debate, who’s the greatest of all-time: Is it Pele, is it Maradona, is it Messi, is it Ronaldo? For me, Pele was the greatest of all time.”

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