Reading boss Brian McDermott paid tribute to the impact made by substitute Adam Le Fondre, who fired both late goals in a gritty 2-0 win over 10-man Leeds as the Royals went top of the npower Championship.

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West Ham survived the 56th-minute sending-off of Robert Green — and the handicap of having no substitute goalkeeper — to thrash Blackpool 4-1 at Bloomfield Road and return to the top of the npower Championship.