By Charlie Gregory

STOKE CITY 4
Smallbone 11, Campbell 57, Brown 80, Gayle 83

READING 0

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DWIGHT GAYLE Stoke City

ALEX NEIL praised Dwight Gayle after he ended his 50-game goal drought in Stoke’s fourgoal demolition of Reading.
The 33-year-old forward notched his first goal since December 2020 as he capped off an impressive Potters’ display.
An early Will Smallbone effort opened the scoring with Tyrese Campbell and Jacob Brown tightening Stoke’s grip on the tie.
And a first home win since early November was topped when Josh Laurent’s longran...