Leyton Orient head coach Richie Wellens praised his players for putting their “bodies on the line” after clinching their first win and first points of the season.

The 1-0 win at Reading came courtesy of Charlie Kelman's third goal of the campaign so far, Royals' keeper Coniah Boyce-Clarke allowed the 20-yard effort to squirm out of his grasp and into the net.

But it was the overall performance in a deserved win that delighted the O's boss.

“What epitomised our performance was the two loudest cheers from our supporters,” Wellens said.

“The first one was when we scored the goal, the second when the players were putting in blocks and putting their bodies on the line.

“It was a really good performance. I thought that Reading started well in the first 10 minutes but after that we dominated the first half. I don’t think they had a shot on our goal.

“Reading kept going, put us under a little bit of pressure at the end and had a few opportunities.

“But we kept putting in all those blocks and I thought that Zach [Hemming, Orient's keeper] was outstanding.

“That will do his confidence the world of good as he’s a good kid and we thank him for the three points today. He was excellent.

“We could have made it easier for ourselves. At times, our game-management and our decision-making needed to be better.

“But, as I’ve said before, we’re a work in progress and we’ll just keep getting better.”

It was a deserved success for Orient, the winner coming on 27 minutes.

The hosts, who had won both of their opening home league games, enjoyed the better of the early possession, with Hemming doing well to tip over a fierce free-kick effort from Lewis Wing.

But from the east London side gradually improved and it needed a good stop from Boyce-Clarke to stop Kelman from opening the scoring earlier than he did.

And Orient maintained their momentum after the interval, Ethan Galbraith firing narrowly wide on the break.

Reading eventually upped their tempo late on and Michael Craig went close to finding an equaliser when his angled drive struck the angle of post and crossbar.

But it was a still a relatively smooth progression to the three points for Orient.

Reading boss Ruben Selles said: “I was disappointed with our performance. We never achieved the high tempo we like to play and we were caught in some situations that we should not be in.

“In the end, the key moments went for them.

“We started the game well and had a couple of chances but we never quite recovered [from going behind].

“We tried hard in the second half and we had a couple of chances to score but, overall, we just weren’t at our best today.”

He also excused Boyce-Clarke for his error in what was only his second league start.

“I didn’t feel that he had a bad performance,” said the boss. “It’s just that, in the position of the goalkeeper, you always magnify what happens.

“These things happen in the game and we will always defend those actions.

“Other things happen, too, and you just have to correct them and be better next time.”