Reading boss Jaap Stam thinks that his side were the better team and deserved more from their 4-1 defeat to Newcastle United on Wednesday night.

The Royals were level at 1-1 with the Magpies at half-time but conceded three goals in the second half to succumb to their second Championship defeat of the season.

The Dutch manager said: "I think we should have got something out of the game because I think if you look at the game and at how both teams played, I think we deserved a lot more than a 4-1 loss, to be fair.

"The people over here, especially in Newcastle, they are thinking about a 4-1 win. Probably we were the better team, but everybody knows that they won and they have got three points and we have got nothing.

"That's how it goes in football, so for us it's very difficult but we need it keep on going."