Arsenal maintained their push for a top-four finish with a comfortable victory that saw Reading go bottom of the Premier League on goal difference.
Gervinho opened the scoring with a close-range finish from Santi Cazorla’s cross-come-shot as Arsenal dominated.
Cazorla curled in after half-time before Olivier Giroud drilled a third.
Reading reduced the deficit through Hal Robson-Kanu’s header, but Mikel Arteta secured the points with a penalty after a foul on Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
ALL goals highlights:
Individual goals:
Gervinho
Santi Carzola
Giroud:
Robson-kanu
Arteta