Walcott completes crazy comeback

Reading 5 Arsenal 7

The Gunners looked down and out when Reading took a 3-0 lead inside 20 minutes, Jason Roberts and Mikele Leigertwood striking either side of Laurent Koscielny’s own goal, and Noel Hunt’s header seemed like the final nail in the coffin.

But Walcott pulled a goal back in first-half stoppage time and, after substitute Olivier Giroud and Koscielny had cut the deficit, they scored a last-minute equaliser when Walcott’s shot appeared to cross the line before Nicky Shorey’s clearance and Carl Jenkinson followed up to make sure.