Reading - Arsenal live updates

Well this half already far better than the first. End to end stuff with chances at either end. Giroud preparing to come on.

SAVE! Arsenal force a corner. More noise from Gunners fans. Ozil swings it in and it’s a great header from Gabriel and a fine save onto the bar from Federici!

CHANCE! Great play from Mackie and he pulls it back to Williams who slices wide! Great chance.

PENALTY SHOUT! Against Debuchy and it did hit his arm but it was just outside the box. Would have been very harsh.

Indeed Walcott is stretching. Giroud also looking like he may come on sooner rather than later. They need something.

Arsenal looking strangely flat at the moment. How long before an injection of pace in Walcott? Pogrebnyak caught just offside. Again, mightily close. Actually onside!

Arsenal sub: Gabriel on for Mertesacker.

Arsenal looking a little rattled and suddenly it’s Reading looking the more likely to score. Arsenal preparing to being on Gabriel.

Arsenal have missed Bellerin and his energetic runs. They have struggled there.

What a match we have on our hands now. Suddenly reading tails are up. Can they get another?

Reading fancy this now. They pour forward through the middle, only to be denied by the linesman's flag.

That's what the neutrals wanted. Replays prove it was miles (well, about a metre) over the line. Game on!

GOAL! Reading 1-1 Arsenal. BIG moment! Garath McCleary rifles a shot at goal, Wojciech Szczesny claws the ball to safety, but did it cross the line first? A lengthy pause... And it's given! The Championship side have equalised.

Reading fans still up for this. The blue portion of the stadium are bouncing.

No substitutes for either side at the break.

We’re back underway here at Wembley. Reading with 45 minutes to rescue something and create history.