Reading 5–7 Arsenal

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The 2012–13 Football League Cup fourth round tie pitted Premier League sides Reading and Arsenal to contest for a quarter-final spot. The match ended in a 7–5 win for Arsenal, in the highest-scoring match in League Cup history. Reading had taken a 4–0 lead in the first half, but Theo Walcott reduced the deficit in first-half stoppage time. This was followed by second-half goals from Olivier Giroud, Laurent Koscielny and Theo Walcott as the match ended 4–4 after full time. In extra-time, Arsenal took the lead through Marouane Chamakh, before Pavel Pogrebnyak made it 5–5 with five minutes remaining; however late goals from Theo Walcott (to complete his hat-trick) and Chamakh handed Arsenal victory. The match is regarded as one of the most entertaining of recent history. It is the joint highest-scoring match in the history of Arsenal; it is also the joint-highest scoring match in English League Cup history, though at the time it was the outright record. The match was the first time in Arsenal...

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