City had lost the last three games at the Madejski but earned a creditable point this afternoon which left the Sky Blues boss pleased with the effort from his players.
"I said before that this would be one of our toughest games. I think Reading are a really good side," said Boothroyd to our friends at Sky Blue Player.
"They put you on the back foot from the start and they keep coming with waves of attacks but we weathered that and, in the end, both teams will probably say they deserve to win so a draw was probably a fair result.
"We had to be strong, we had to be resilient and at times we had to rely on some last ditch stuff. But it's another clean sheet and that is a good habit to get into."