Easter rising for frustrating Gervinho?

Arsenal 4 Reading 1

In many ways he has come to symbolise the frustrations of a club that has under-performed on the pitch and in the transfer market; so there is more than a sense of irony that the Ivorian could be end up being the man that saves their season.

The winger, who cost more than €11m from Lille, was Arsenal’s key performer on Saturday when he scored once and set up two more in a convincing victory against a Reading side heading for relegation.