Reading 5–7 Arsenal (2012)
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The 2012–13 Football League Cup fourth round tie pitted Premier League sides Reading and Arsenal to contest for a quarter-final spot. The match ended in a 7–5 win for Arsenal, in the highest-scoring match in League Cup history. Reading had taken a 4–0 lead in the first half, but Theo Walcott reduced the deficit in first-half stoppage time. This was followed by second-half goals from Olivier Giroud, Laurent Koscielny and Theo Walcott as the match ended 4–4 after regulation time. In extra-time, Arsenal took the lead through Marouane Chamakh, before Pavel Pogrebnyak made it 5–5 with five minutes remaining; however late goals from Theo Walcott (to complete his hat-trick) and Chamakh handed Arsenal victory.[3]
Event | 2012–13 Football League Cup | ||||||
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Date | 30 October 2012 | ||||||
Venue | Madejski Stadium, Reading | ||||||
Referee | Kevin Friend (Leicestershire) | ||||||
Attendance | 23,980[1] | ||||||
Weather | Clear, 6 °C (43 °F)[2] |
The match is regarded as one of the most entertaining of recent history. It is the joint highest-scoring match in the history of Arsenal; it is also the joint-highest scoring match in English League Cup history,[4] though at the time it was the outright record.[3] The match was the first time in Arsenal's history that they had come back from three or more goals down to win a match,[3] and the first time they had netted seven in an away tie since the 7–0 win at Standard Liège in the 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup.
Arsenal lined up in a 4–5–1/4–2–3–1 formation, with Theo Walcott and Andrey Arshavin shifting between winging midfield and attack to support lone striker Marouane Chamakh.[5] Reading meanwhile set up with six changes from their last game; Arsenal made eleven.[6]