Champ: Royals, Hudds keep chase

Reading maintained their automatic promotion push in the Sky Bet Championship and piled more pressure on Alex Neil with a 3-1 victory at home to Norwich on Boxing Day.

Reading went ahead when Yann Kermorgant rose highest to head in Liam Kelly’s 37th-minute free-kick, but Nelson Oliveira equalised on the hour.

Norwich went down to 10 men eight minutes later when Jonny Howson was penalised for handball on the line and, although Kermorgant hit the crossbar with the resulting spot-kick, Garath McCleary headed in the rebound.

Callum Harriott then added a third in stoppage time as the third-placed Royals made it 3-1 and cut the gap to second-placed Brighton to five points.

Huddersfield made it four wins a row and stayed fourth after coming from behind to beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 at the John Smith’s Stadium.

Hildeberto Pereira’s neat chip against the run of play in the 25th minute put Forest in front, but David Wagner’s men hit back with two goals in seven minutes after the break.

Kasey Palmer’s header went in off the crossbar and Forest goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic, before Michael Mancienne sliced Rajiv van la Parra’s cross …

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