Reading were unable to make their dominance count at Lincoln City, coming away with a point in a 1-1 draw at Sincil Bank.

Sent off for delaying the restart, assistant coach James Oliver-Pearce was on media duty.

JOP on the result

"It is a game we are frustrated by because we felt we had the chances and situations to win. Their goal comes from a slow start from us and that is something we have to address. We felt the reaction in the first half was good, had a lot of possession and territory. We created some decent chances and were unlucky not to get the result, but the performance was where we needed it to be for an away performance.

JOP on wasted chances

"That is where it is going for us at the moment. We need to try and connect with the crosses in the final third. We are getting there far more regularly recently, which is a pleasing sign. It is just about that final touch. Sometimes it is just a good block or save that stops you from scoring. The goalkeeper made a good one from Harvey [Knibbs] almost a carbon copy of his goal in the second half. Jeriel [Dorsett] has hit the post right near the end. All you can do is try and get in the right areas and hopefully at some point, we get one where it rolls in for us.

JOP on Harvey Knibbs goal

"The build-up to it was good. Paul [Mukariu] rolled inside and managed to flick around the corner. Jeriel managed to find the ball to Harvey. That is what we’ve been talking about when we used a slightly different system for the forward runs- we’ve looked for the wide areas and how we can access them better- Harvey took the goal really well. I’m pleased for Jeriel and Harvey, but ultimately pleased for the team.

JOP on Dorsett substitution

"That was just a really late tackle. He felt that someone had gone over the top on his ankle. With the game as it was, if we weren’t going to win it we didn’t want to lose it with our full-backs being so dynamic. If Amadou is going to get forward, at least he had the legs to get back and track the runners.

JOP on changing form

"We needed to build momentum and the two victories against Wycombe and Carlisle helped with that. I thought against Barnsley we played pretty well for a long period, but the game got too open for us and it was something we tried to address. The Oxford game, a good first half and we know the second half we wanted to be better. Today, we handled the ball well for 65-70 minutes but then it got a bit open. We should win the game today.

JOP on Selles sending off

"It is just an impulsive reaction. They’ve got a player running to take a throw-in and he has tried to delay the restart. He has apologised to the dressing room, that was the first thing he did, and he doesn’t want to let the team down. It was just an impulsive reaction to try and help the team from defending a quick throw. I was not aware of that as a rule. I didn’t know that if it is the manager that does it it is a red card, but one of us I don’t think it is. I don’t know why it’s one rule for one and one for others but those are the laws of the game.