Reading striker Noel Hunt has criticised the weekend's match officials for making 'disgraceful' decisions during the Royals' defeat to Aston Villa.

The former Championship outfit succumbed to a 2-1 loss at the Madejski Stadium following a goal that was ruled offside and a penalty claim from Hunt in the first half.

"I've seen the offside and I've seen the penalty on me in the first half and it's a disgrace," Hunt told the Reading Post. "It's a joke that he has not given it, I don't know what he is looking at, but these decisions are embarrassing. It makes the game a different game."

Reading are in danger of dropping out of the top flight as they currently sit second-from-bottom in the table.