Quick-fire Long makes his mark

WITH a win bonus weighing down his pockets and the adulation from scoring one of the quickest goals in Premier League history still ringing in his ears, what more could Shane Long have wanted from his Saturday afternoon?

A slobbery kiss in the dressing room from Michael Duberry was probably not on the Reading striker’s wish list but he received one nonetheless, with the defender especially grateful that his own goal had not proved too damaging.

For the 20-year-old from Tipperary had needed just a handful of seconds to turn a game, that should have been wrapped up long before, in his side’s favour.