Reading hammer Blackpool

Reading have hammered Blackpool 5-1 at the Madejski Stadium in the Championship.

Adam Le Fondre opened the scoring after eight minutes when he turned it home after Gareth McCleary's shot rebounded into his path.

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The striker added the second on 17 minutes when he reacted quickest from a corner to bag his brace before he was denied a hat-trick after the restart as his goal-bound shot was blocked.

Le Fondre then turned provider for his strike partner as he played in Pavel Pogrebnyak to make it 3-0 just at half time.

Steve Davies rifled home an unstoppable effort from 30 yards on 65 minutes to reduce the deficit, but Le Fondre completed his hat-trick minutes later to end the game as a contest.

Hal Robson-Kanu put the gloss on the result with a long-range strike towards the end of the game.