Here’s what the Reading boss made of that:
It’s very tough to take. Very frustrating. We didn’t do enough because we’ve drawn the game. We started well, we played some good football, maybe could have scored more. They didn’t create anything. It was a very good first-half. 2-0 up we were happy but everyone knows the opposition will try and do something to get back in the game. We talked about what to expect and how to keep on playing. We created a couple of opportunities and we should have scored third to make sure the game was done.
Stam on 'respect' for Cardiff
I respect them, we know what they can do and they’re up there. If you don’t respect that I think you aren’t thinking clearly. They’ve got a good team, a good side and a good manager. You know that they’ll keep on going and keep fighting. That’s why if we had the third goal it makes a big difference. There’s always a possibility that they can score. They’ve shown that they have the players that can score goals.
'Everyone's disappointed'
Every ball they win they play it behind and try and turn us and it’s difficult to deal with. We dealt with it for 80 minutes.
Playing against a side with quality. Everyone’s disappointed with the result but not with the way we played.
Warnock's sending off
I don’t know what happened (with Warnock) I was paying attention to the game.
“But we knew they would get wide and have headers on crosses, when they scored first they had more belief and pushed even more and succeeded to get the second was very disappointing. We hit the post in injury time. Everyone is very disappointed.
It’s not always a guarantee 2-0 up you will win because up against a very good side. A lot of teams play long balls into the box and it’s not easy to deal with.