MATCH REPORT EVERTON U21'S 0 READING U21'S 0 Everton faced Reading today at Goodison Park at the U21 level with a welcoming back to the fold for Darron Gibson who has been absent since his injury at West Brom 11 weeks ago. Everton huffed and puffed putting Reading under a lot of pressure but the stubborn visitors defence held out as Everton needed the victory to make the cut for the next stage of this development league with fixtures running out. 5 players in today's starting line up were ion the bench for the seniors yesterday at the Madejski stadium. The opening quarter of an hour offered very little for either side but Junior went close with a shot narrowly over the frame of the goal with a rasping shot. Vellios was next to go close as his shot was only inches wide of Henly's post with game remaining goal less. Junior having a busy afternoon went close again for the home side as Vellios played him through but Henly was quick off the mark to pounce on the ball. Henley repeated his heroics with a good reflex save to deny Junior from a blues corner moments later. Jordan Obita with 6 England U19 caps to his name threaded a ball inside to Aaron Tshibola but the 17 year old forced Mateusz Tadul into a save. Just before the break Everton conjured up some nice football with Conor Grant about to get on the receiving end of Kennedy's ball but