The Republic of Ireland striker's cousin, her husband and two children were all found dead following a house fire in County Wexford in the early hours of the morning.

Doyle's family had kept the news from him but Coppell decided to tell the player.
After speaking to his family, Doyle decided to travel to Wigan and played a battling role in the 0-0 draw at the JJB Stadium.

Coppell said: "His family had wanted to keep it from him until after the match, but I felt the right thing to do was to tell him what had
happened.

"He felt, very bravely, that he wanted to play and he was terrific given the circumstances.
"I can only imagine what he was thinking about before the game.

"He was obviously very upset but I think, in a way, playing in the game took his mind off it rather than just sitting thinking about it.
"Now he can do his mourning with the rest of his family."

Reading have now gone five games and more than a month without scoring, but Coppell said he was just relieved to have moved off 32 points.
"I'm happy to have got a point and I would have taken that before kick-off," he said.

"We didn't play for a point because we are not good enough to adjust our game to the circumstances.

"We do need to score. We have always been quite fluent in front of goal so we will work on that next week and try to get better."

Reading next face a home clash with Spurs before finishing at
relegated Derby County.