Sergio Aguero opened the scoring in the first half, despatching a low effort into the corner.Ben Watson's late goal at Wembley on Saturday secured a shock FA Cup win for Wigan to deny City their final chance of silverware this season. The lead was no less than City deserved but they had Hart to thank for preserving their advantage five minutes into the second half. Pavel Pogrebnyak got between City's defenders to power a header goalwards and Hart did well to parry the ball to safety.Substitute Edin Dzeko sealed victory late on, latching on to David Silva's ball to score from close range.Mancini subsequently paid the price for a barren campaign as he was dismissed late on Monday - exactly a year after he had guided them to the Premier League title.The margin of victory could have been greater but for a number of fine saves from Reading goalkeeper Alex McCarthy.McCarthy parried away a low drive from Aguero after a matter of minutes before he kept out a close-range James Milner effort with his feet soon after.The hosts had a couple of chances themselves, with Adrian Mariappa's header cleared off the line by Carlos Tevez, while Joe Hart saved well from Jem Karacan, but ultimately they could have few complaints with the scoreline.It took City a little while to readjust and consequently Reading enjoyed a decent spell of possession that yielded their first effort on goal. Hal Robson-Kanu scampered goalwards before hitting a low effort from 25 yards that had Hart scrambling at his left-hand post.A pleasing performance and victory was much needed for City after a testing couple of days.
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