Coppell: lesser lights can’t challenge elite

Arsenal 2 Reading 1

Reading’s dry-witted manager might be in the process of masterminding his club’s most successful ever season, but that has not diluted his distaste for England’s elite division.

Coppell is dismayed at what he perceives as a lack of competitiveness in the higher echelons of the Premiership, exemplified by games such as this, when a half-strength Arsenal cruised to a victory which was far more emphatic than the scoreline suggests.