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Steve Clarke puled no punches when describing Reading’s performance against Wigan tonight - labelling the 1-0 defeat as ‘rubbish and embarrassing’.

Despite playing against a side without a win in 2015, Royals struggled throughout and barely troubled Latics keeper Ali Al-Habsi after Jason Pearce had given the visitors a first half lead.

It was a display that mirrored last Tuesday’s home defeat against Leeds United and Clarke accepted it was unacceptable.

“Rubbish,” he said.

“It’s obviously something I have to look good and hard at. I have to find a different way of playing at home. Maybe I need to change the team a little bit.

“The home performances and the away performances don’t relate to each other.

“It’s obviously very frustrating. I’ve got to be honest tonight was a little bit embarrassing. We were so poor.”

Clarke added: “We didn’t really create anything in open play at all, the only way we were going to score was from a set play.

“It’s really strange. I have to come up with a different approach to the home games because when you see us play away, by and large the performances have been very good.

“And yet you see us here at Madejski Stadium and it’s a team that is going to fight relegation.”

The defeat leaves Royals 17th, seven points above the Championship drop zone ahead of Saturday’s trip to promotion chasing Ipswich Town.

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