Reading striker Adam Le Fondre has refused to concede defeat in the Royals’ quest to avoid relegation, despite Saturday’s 2-0 loss to Southampton.
The result leaves the Berkshire outfit eight points adrift of safety, with only six games to play.
But Le Fondre, who featured for the full 90 minutes against the Saints, believes that the fight is not over yet and insists that the whole squad will keep going:
“We’ll pick ourselves up and go again. It’s not in our make-up to give in.” He told Sky Sports.
“Never say never and until it’s mathematically impossible, we still believe.
“We’ll always battle to the end – that’s what the fans expect from us and it’s what we expect from ourselves.”
Reading’s next fixture will see them play host to Liverpool, a side who have been playing attractive football since the turn of the year.
Although the Reds pose a difficult challenge, Le Fondre feels that his side have a chance and will give Brendan Rodgers’ men a tough time at the Madejski Stadium:
“We’ve got Liverpool here next weekend and we love games like that, so we’ll welcome the challenge and try to make it horrible for them.”
Le Fondre has enjoyed a relatively successful first season in the top flight, managing ten goals in 29 appearances.
He has often played back-up to Pavel Pogrebnyak, bagging the majority of his tally from the substitutes bench.
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