Championship round-up: Nine-men West Ham collapse at Reading

Reading 3-0 West Ham Sam Allardyce reacted angrily after Joey O'Brien and Jack Collison were both sent off as West Ham crumbled, leaving them three points behind the leaders Southampton. "It's a loss of control – particularly from Joey O'Brien. It's not like him and he's not that sort of character. We've had a bad day." Reading's manager, Brian McDermott , praised his young side. "We had four academy boys on the pitch at the end of the game. We're a team that's trying to evolve and we've done that today against the best team in the division." Reading's goals came from Alex Pearce, Simon Church and Ian Harte. Nottingham Forest 0-1 Crystal Palace A fourth successive scoreless defeat for Forest, who stay in the bottom three after Glenn Murray's goal soon after half-time. Palace's manager Dougie Freedman , who played for both clubs, said their first win in eight league games felt "fantastic… Forest are a good side but we stood up to them and got our rewards. We're a growing team and a growing club and to be in the top half of the division and in the semi-final of a cup is great." Forest's manager Steve Cotterill tried to stay upbeat. "There's not a lot wrong with us and we played some fantastic football. But it's no big secret that we struggle to score goals." Barnsley 3-5 Ipswich Town Football at its bizarre best. Ipswich came into this on a run of seven straight defeats and by half-time at Oakwell were two-nil down and looking awful. Then something clicked. Five second-half goals secured the day's most unlikely comeback against a Barnsley side who had won their last four. Paul Jewell , fresh from a vote of confidence from the Ipswich owner Marcus Evans, said: "I told them at half-time it wasn't a time for shrinking violets – we needed men. After being on a run like we've been on, it's easy to feel sorry for yourselves. I told them to believe in themselves – and goals change games." Keith Andrews scored twice to bring Ipswich level – before Danny Collins, Michael Chopra and Jason Scotland made it five. And the rest Southampton left it late to claim a point with a Rickie Lambert goal in injury time against Blackpool . Lambert had put Saints ahead before Chris Basham and Callum McManaman replied for Blackpool. Marlon King scored twice as Birmingham City came from behind to beat lowly Doncaster Rovers 2-1. Marc-Antoine Fortune had given Rovers the lead. Scott McDonald scored the only goal against Brighton to keep Middlesbrough 's promotion drive going, while a Corry Evans goal was enough to give Hull City a 1-0 win at Coventry City and move them up to fifth. Leeds United are sixth after Robert Snodgrass scored an injury-time penalty to earn a 1-1 draw at Watford .