"It's clear that if we win more games as quickly as possible, we can get that top four finish and then focus on the Champions League," said the Spaniard.
"In the first half we had a plan and it was clear we needed to play on the counter attack. Reading were going forward and pushing high, and that gave us the chance to play on the break.
"We maybe should have been 2-0 up at the break, we had some breaks and the final pass was very close to coming off.
"But then we conceded the goal and we needed to change our style of football, and we then had more control, more possession and more chances."