Yakou Meite’s goal after nine seconds was the fastest scored in the Championship this seasonReading opened up a seven-point gap at the top of the Championship after beating free-scoring Blackburn in an exciting contest at Ewood Park.The Royals needed just nine seconds to take the lead as Yakou Meite side-footed into an empty net after a defensive mistake, but Blackburn were level two minutes later through Adam Armstrong.Michael Olise ran through to put Reading ahead and Josh Laurent’s curling effort from outside of the box made it 3-1 to Reading after just 18 minutes.Armstrong had chances to score either side of the break before he eventually made it 3-2 with a diving header, before Lucas Joao finished well after breaking through to settle the game.Relive Tuesday’s EFL actionThe victory means Reading have won seven and drawn the other of their first eight league games – their second-best start to a league season in their history behind the 1985-86 campaign in the old Third Division when they won all of their first eight games. The breathless start to the match began when a long ball from the kick-off bounced off the heel of defender Barry Douglas leaving debutant goalkeeper Aynsley Pears out of position and Meite was on hand to side-foot into an empty net. Liverpool loanee Harvey Elliott created the equaliser soon after as his cross from the right was volleyed home by Armstrong, but Reading capitalised on another defensive mistake as Olise ran through and calmly finished before Laurent… Click below to read the full story from BBC Sport
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