Richie Wellens admitted he was surprised how easily the outcome was settled in favour of his Leyton Orient side after they had scored early into the second half.
The boss watched his team continue their current run of incredible Sky Bet League One form when they beat Reading 2-0 at Brisbane Road.
That extended their unbeaten sequence to 10 league matches without defeat and was both their eighth win in that run and ninth clean sheet.
A goal before the break by home debutant and Blackburn loanee Dilan Markanday set them on their way before another loanee, QPR striker Charlie Kelman, added a second in the 51st minute.
That victory leaves the O’s in seventh place in League One and one point outside of the play-offs.
“I thought the players controlled the game well,” he said. “There was never any threat for us and when we got the second goal I was expecting a response from Reading but it never came.
“Overall, it was pretty comfortable. We started the game really well with great intensity. They picked up an early injury and there was a bit of lull immediately afterwards but then we kicked on again really quickly.
“When we moved it quick and with the way they play being open in the middle of the pitch, I thought we looked a real threat and all in all it was a good day.
“There were loads of good performances. Dilan (Markanday) scored a really good goal on his home debut and with Azeem (Abdulai) you can just see how he just glides about the pitch and eats up the ground. He has all the tools to be a fantastic player.”
Reading head coach Noel Hunt insisted that conceding the opening goal proved to be the defining moment of the game.
“I thought that we were the better team in the first half,” he said. “I thought we created a lot more problems for them and then they got a breakaway and the goal. You can’t be going behind in games like these that are tight and against a team like Leyton Orient that are a strong team and squad.
“In terms of giving goals away, we said it would be the first to blink and unfortunately it was us and we gave them that goal. But the boys showed great character throughout the first half but that goal early in the second half knocked a bit of stuffing out of us.
“In games like these, these are moments in the game that we need to address.
“I thought we might have got a penalty but I’m getting tired of it now but you’ve got to accept it, keep working hard and keep going. You’ve got to keep asking the referees questions and giving them the opportunities to give you the chances.”