By Russell Kempson

YAK ATTACK: Yakou Meite scores Reading’s first goal and, inset, celebrates
PICTURES: PSI/Nigel Keene

CRUNCH: Lukas Nmecha slides in to tackle Reading’s Andy Yiadom

ALEX NEIL blamed his Preston team’s surprise defeat at struggling Reading on his side’s selfdestructive tendencies.
Reading led at half-time through opportunist goals from Yakou Meite – his ninth of the season – and Mo Barrow in the space of six minutes.
Preston improved in the second period, but had only Jayden Stockley’s 93rd-minute ...