Reading outclassed 10-man Bradford in their FA Cup quarter-final replay to set up a Wembley semi-final date against holders Arsenal.

The two sides shared a goalless draw in the original tie at Valley Parade but Reading were the better side in yesterday’s replay, sealing a comfortable 3-0 win to reach their first semi-final since 1927.

Bradford have made a name for themselves as giant killers in recent years but they could not work their way back into this game and will now return to fighting for promotion from League One.

Hal Robson-Kanu’s header put the Royals in front with the game’s first chance and the impressive Garath McCleary saw a shot deflected in on nine minutes.

Any hope the Bantams had of completing a comeback was made more difficult when Felipe Morais was shown a straight red card for a high foot on Nathaniel Chalobah just after the hour-mark.

And it was Chalobah who set up the third Reading goal as he fed Jamie Mackie who hammered home a third for the hosts.

’Pool fly high

Jordan Henderson’s fluke second-half goal kept Liverpool firmly in contention for a Premier League top-four finish with a 1-0 win at Swansea City yesterday.

Liverpool got lucky on 68 minutes when Jordi Amat slid in to clear and the ball ricocheted back off Henderson and looped over Swansea goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski.

Victory took in-form Liverpool to within two points of Manchester United in fourth place.

Since losing to United at Old Trafford in mid-December, Brendan Rodgers’s side have won 10 and drawn three in the league.

  P W D L F A Pts
Chelsea 28 19 7 2 58 23 64
Man. City 29 17 7 5 59 28 58
Arsenal 29 17 6 6 56 30 57
Man. United 29 16 8 5 50 26 56
Liverpool 29 16 6 7 43 30 54
S’thampton 29 15 5 9 40 21 50
Tottenham 29 15 5 9 46 42 50
Stoke City 29 12 6 11 33 35 42
Swansea 29 11 7 11 33 38 40
West Ham 29 10 9 10 39 37 39
Newcastle 28 9 8 11 32 43 35
C. Palace 29 8 9 12 34 40 33
West Brom 29 8 9 12 27 36 33
Everton 29 7 10 12 36 41 31
Hull City 29 6 10 13 26 37 28
Aston Villa 29 7 7 15 19 38 28
Sunderland 29 4 14 11 23 43 26
Burnley 29 5 10 14 26 47 25
QPR 29 6 4 19 30 52 22
Leicester  28 4 7 17 24 44 19

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