Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's double steers Arsenal into EFL Cup quarter-finals

Arsenal dominated the first half and took the lead when Oxlade-Chamberlain picked up a loose ball before driving into the box and striking across goal.

Reading fought back and came close to equalising just after the hour-mark, but Arsenal ‘keeper Emiliano Martinez denied Yann Kermorgant.

Oxlade-Chamberlain then doubled his tally with a deflected effort to book Arsenal’s place in the last eight.

There was little to remind those inside the stadium of the memorable 7-5 Arsenal win over Reading in this competition back in 2012 - with a first Gunners' start in 898 days for Carl Jenkinson one of the highlights of the night.

After two loan spells at West Ham and a serious knee injury, Jenkinson almost had a dream return and should have opened the scoring after he was picked out by Jeff Reine-Adelaide - but his initial shot was pushed out by Ali Al-Habsi and then he headed the rebound over the bar.