Player ratings Reading 2, Arsenal 5.

0-1 14' Podolski, 0-2 32' Cazorla, 0-3 34' Cazorla, 0-4 60' Cazorla 60, 1-4 66' Le Fondre, 2-4 71' Kébé, 2-5 80' Walcott. Att: 24.125.
Reading: Adam Federici 5,80 - Nicky Shorey 5,80, Kaspars Gorkss 5,10, Shaun Cummings 5,10, Adrian Mariappa 5,40 - Jay Tabb 5,80, Mikele Leigertwood 5,10, Jimmy Kébé 6,10 (73' Garath McCleary), Jobi McAnuff 5,30 - Noel Hunt 5,40 (61' Hal Robson-Kanu), Pavel Pogrebnyak 5,60 (61' Adam Le Fondre). = average: 5,50 [poor]
Arsenal: Wojciech Szczesny 5,80 - Per Mertesacker 5,60, Bacary Sagna 6,30, Thomas Vermaelen 5,80, Kieran Gibbs 6,80 - Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 6,40 (74' Aaron Ramsey), Mikel Arteta 6,40, Santiago Cazorla 7,90 (83' Francis Coquelin), Lukas Podolski 6,80, Jack Wilshere 6,90 - Theo Walcott 7,10 (85' Olivier Giroud). = average: 6,53 [very good]