DADI NO JOKE IN ROYALS BID FOR SURVIVAL

READING

Bodvarsson 16, O’kane og 58

LEEDS UNITED

Jansson 43, Hernandez 56 OFF the pitch at Reading Jon Dadi Bodvarsson is the butt of jokes, but on it he is banging in the goals to keep the Royals in the Championship.

The Iceland international (above) scored for the 10th time this season to move the club a point closer to safety.

Bodvarsson joined from Wolves last summer and full-back

Leandro Bacuna admitted he is the fall guy for gags in the Madejski dressing room.

“He’s doing a great job,” said Bacuna. “He is a great lad, is always fighting and is quite funny. He’s not a joker, he’s just a bit slow. That’s the way he is. I get on with him very well.

“He doesn’t get the jokes in the dressing room but as long as we give him confidence then he’ll be there for us when we need him. He always wants to do the best he can.”

Bodvarsson has 32 caps and is set to go to the World Cup.

Bacuna added: “It’s good for him to score some goals as maybe the manager from Iceland will be looking and he will get a chance.”

Pontus Jansson and Pablo Hernandez replied to

Bodvarsson’s opener to put Leeds ahead, but Eunan O’kane deflected into his own goal to make it nine away games without a win for the Yorkshiremen.

Leeds are 11 points off the playoffs and O’kane said: “We’ve not won enough games this calendar year. I think it’s only been one and it’s disappointing not to come away with three points here.”