'That's probably the sign' - Swansea City boss Russell Martin's blunt assessment of Reading capitulation

Russell Martin bemoaned Swansea City's shambolic defending as they blew a three-goal lead to draw 4-4 with Reading.

The Swans looked on course for their fourth successive away win after Hannes Wolf and Michael Obafemi added to a Joel Piroe brace. But Tom Ince, Lucas Joao and Tom McIntyre all struck after Joao had given the Royals an early lead to earn Paul Ince's side an unlikely point. You can read the match report here.

And Martin said the Swans were heavily punished for allowing the game to become scrappy at the Select Car Leasing Stadium.

Reading 4-4 Swansea City: Russell Martin's men blow three-goal advantage as Royals claim a point in thriller

"It's really disappointing. I loved us for 65 minutes. Some of the stuff in the first-half was incredible," he said. "Up against a team fighting for their life, they had one shot on target in the first-half which was the penalty, which, having looked back, I'm pretty convinced it was not a penalty.

"The goals we scored are fantastic. The goals they scored are terrible for us. Really bad. For 65 minutes, I'm proud of them for what they produced. For 25 minutes, we allowed the game to become like that. We're playing against a team who are fighting for their lives and gambled a bit more.

"We allowed the game to become a stereotypical Championship game really, and we aren't very good at that. We're not set-up to do that. If you allow the game to turn into that then be willing to fight and defend the box properly. We didn't.

"We had unbelievable chances with Oli [Olivier Ntcham] and Hannes who hit the bar and the post. The game should be dead. So I'm disappointed.

"We switch off for the second goal. We don't run as hard as we should. The third goal, again, we don't run as