Reading: Reading ended their club's record eight-game losing run with a 0-0 draw against Liverpool in the English Premier League on Saturday that did little to ease their relegation fears.
The hosts were indebted to goalkeeper Alex McCarthy, who was playing his first match in more than five months and produced a string of stunning saves to almost certainly ensure Liverpool fail to qualify for the Champions League for a fourth straight season.
Luis Suarez, Steven Gerrard, Philippe Coutinho and Daniel Sturridge couldn't beat McCarthy.
Reading stay last in the standings, equal on points with Queens Park Rangers but with an inferior goal difference. Liverpool are unlikely to even qualify for the Europa League, sitting eight points behind fifth-place Tottenham in the only guaranteed berth but having played a match more.
While in another match Aston Villa missed the chance to pull clear of the Premier League relegation zone as Fabian Delph's own goal in the second half gave Fulham a 1-1 draw.
Paul Lambert's side went ahead through Charles N'Zogbia in the 55th when he bent a shot into the left-hand corner. But the equalizer came in the 66th when Delph failed to clear a corner, flicking it backward with his head and past goalkeeper Brad Guzan.
Delph then missed a chance to atone for his mistake in the 73rd, blasting a loose ball at the back post high and wide. Villa are three points ahead of 18th-place Wigan, but with two more games played.
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