John Swift stole the show as Reading got back on track with victory over Nottingham Forest on Tuesday evening.
The playmaker scored twice as Royals won 3-1 with Sone Aluko adding the third.
Swift, Leandro Bacuna, Mo Barrow and Vito Mannone all produced impressive individual displays during the win.
Here are our ratings out of 10 from the Mad Stad.
VITO MANNONE: A highly impressive display from the Italian, stepping up at vital moments with a string of brilliant reflex saves – 8
LEANDRO BACUNA: Proving to be an impressive signing. Showed pace and quality to set up the opening goal and marked his return to the side in style – 8
PAUL McSHANE: Led the team well after struggling against Middlesbrough, but gaps were found when Forest put balls into the box – 7
LIAM MOORE: Played heavily bandaged after his clash at the weekend and did his best to organise the defence – 7
CHRIS GUNTER: Started in his unfavoured position again but got forward well and fired two early shots on target against his former club – 7
JOEY VAN DEN BERG: Recovered well from his costly foul against Middlesbrough with a solid display in front of the back four. Subbed at half-time – 6
JOHN SWIFT: A quite brilliant display to remind everyone of his quality. Calm finish and brilliant determination saw him net a goal in each half – 9* (star man)
DAVE EDWARDS: Brought into the team to add some energy to the midfield and filled in to the defensive role for the second half – 7
SONE ALUKO: Showed some good flashes and will claim his first Reading goal, but his shot is likely to go down as an own goal by the Forest keeper – 7
MO BARROW: Proved his worth after being handed a start with his pace constantly causing problems and capped his display with a fine second half assist – 8
SAM SMITH: Worked hard but guilty of a glaring miss which would have put Reading 2-0 ahead before half-time. Subbed on the hour mark – 5
SUBS:
PELLE CLEMENT: Given his longest league run-out for over two months as a half-time substitute and kept possession well – 6
YANN KERMORGANT: Continuing to be eased back into action, given half an hour and showed some nice touches before defending set pieces well – 6
ROY BEERENS: Brought on in the final 10 minutes but made no impact – N/A
