Young Gunners hit the target

Arsenal 3 Reading 0

While Reading contrived to miss a hatful of chances, with Manuel Almunia excellent in goal, Arsenal's two talented young strikers Robin van Persie and Jose Antonio Reyes both finished with aplomb before half-time.

Then again, while that international duo impressed, so too did pacy young winger Quincy Owusu-Abeyie, as well as teenage striker Arturo Lupoli, who scored Arsenal's third within two minutes of coming off the bench.