Wells, Huddersfield Fall to Reading In FA Cup
Bermudian striker Nahki Wells and his Huddersfield teammates fell to Reading by one goal in Saturday’s [Jan 3] FA Cup match, with a single second half goal enough to secure a 1-0 victory for Reading.
The official Town website said, “A single second-half goal from Royals substitute Nick Blackman proved enough to settle the tie in the visitors’ favour, with Town failing to test opposition custodian Mikkel Andersen throughout the 90 minutes.
“Top scorer Nahki Wells was restored to the starting line-up ahead of the game to partner James Vaughan in a 4-4-2 formation, but the whole team didn’t click on a frustrating afternoon.”
Huddersfield Town Manager Chris Powell said, “People have been clamouring for Vaughan and Wells to start. This was an opportunity to get that front two on the pitch and work on things, but obviously things didn’t work well today; if it did, they would get into goal-scoring positions and – more importantly – would get the service.
“It was tough for them, as Reading played a bit deeper and didn’t give much room to either striker.
“Our approach play into them wasn’t to our usual standard, which people might say was due to Jacob [Butterfield] and Sean Scannell’s absence on the pitch.
“However, I had a good enough 11 out there to get something, that’s for sure.”
Nahki Wells and Huddersfield will next take on Watford on January 10, 2015.
