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Reading’s play-off hopes are over, as they were forced to settle for a point against play-off chasing rivals Swansea City at the Madejski Stadium.
The Royals took the lead on the day through Yakou Meite, as the Ivorian international headed home from close-range, although credit has to go to John Swift, with the midfielder’s well-weighted cross being inch-perfect for Meite.
Swift was making his first start since returning from an injury lay-off, and caught the eye with a strong performance against the Swans.
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He was substituted in place of Alfa Semedo after 65 minutes, as Reading boss Veljko Paunovic looked to ease the former Brentford midfielder back into competitive action.
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Swift has previously shown that he’s an important member of the Reading team, with the midfielder chipping in with six goals and 11 assists during the 2019/20 season.
Reading conceded twice relatively quickly as Jamal Lowe and Andre Ayew fired home in the second-half, before Tomas Esteves equalised in stoppage-time to rescue a point.
Plenty of Reading supporters took to social media to issue their thoughts on Swift’s performance on the day.
Take a look at the best of the reaction from Twitter below….
Swifts second injury could be the reason we slipped out of the top 6 #readingfc
— Rob Cooper 🇬🇧💙🇲🇽 (@RobertC89059161) April 25, 2021
Swift is running the show at the moment, everything goes through him. Imagine if he could actually stay fit man #readingfc
— Alex Lane-Kieltyka (@alex_elkay21) April 25, 2021
It’s so clear how much we’ve missed Swift in the second half of this season #readingfc
— Hann (@hannlou9) April 25, 2021
Swift excellent in that half, the Méïté goal brought us back to life and we finished that half playing much better. #ReadingFC
— Milo (@MiloRoyal1871) April 25, 2021
Better first half than the last few games. Still a bit slow though.
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Swift is so good in that area. What a ball in. #ReadingFC
— Jamie Hodder (@Jamie_Hodder21) April 25, 2021
We have missed swift so much #readingfc
— Harley (@harleylane1) April 25, 2021
If we had Swift all season, we'd be top 2 #readingfc
— Harrison Mitchell (@harrison1871rfc) April 25, 2021
We have really, really, really missed John Swift. If only he didn't have those injuries this season. Fabulous ball in to Méïté #ReadingFC
— Milo (@MiloRoyal1871) April 25, 2021
How much we’ve missed John Swift 😍 #readingfc
— Tom Morton (@TomMortonRFC) April 25, 2021
Brilliant goal, Swift to Meite, exquisite #readingfc
— Steve Hayward (@dhlfoxy) April 25, 2021
John Swift has been the missing piece by the looks of this first half hour #readingfc
— Joshua Verroken (@joshverroken) April 25, 2021
Missed swift practically all season and does that, imagine if we had him the whole time
— Matt (@MattB01) April 25, 2021
And that's what we have been missing the whole season when Swift has been injured, pinpoint crosses #readingfc
— Todd-ED (@TED247) April 25, 2021
John Swift 🤷🏼♂️ best player at Reading by a mile #readingfc
— Nick Houlton (@Houlton11) April 25, 2021
Just imagine we had swift all season #readingfc
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— Max (@maxforster10) April 25, 2021