article_snippet: This has been a strange old season for Reading, who are one win away from an FA Cup semi-final against Arsenal but have spent too long being too close to a Championship relegation battle.
article_snippet: At least this win will go some way to easing that load.
article_snippet: The win puts Reading 13 points off the bottom three and Clarke added: ‘It gives us a lift in the league because that is what was needed.
article_snippet: It makes the gap bigger between us and the bottom three and us needed that.
highlights_snippet: Reading are now 13 points above the Championship drop zone .
  