ARSENAL chief executive Ivan Gazidis claims the club’s record profits mean they can continue to match the likes of big-spending Manchester City on the pitch.

Arsenal today announced record pre-tax profits of £56m (€65.6m) and that they have paid off all the debt on their Highbury Square development.

STEVE COPPELL claimed his side had been a victim of the ‘little Reading’ syndrome after a controversial penalty gave Tottenham all three points at White Hart Lane.