Steve Clarke says Reading must be perfect against Arsenal

Steve Clarke knows Reading will have to play the "perfect game" against Arsenal if they are to have any chance of reaching the FA Cup final.

However, Clark accepts it will be a “big ask” given the players have yet to produce such a performance this season since he was appointed late last year in a bid to turn things around.

Clarke has been unable to improve their league fortunes to date - in fact, they have slipped from 16th to 18th in that period - but they have fared much better in the FA Cup, leading the Royals to a first semi-final in 88 years.

The Gunners now stand between them and a first ever final and Clarke is aware of the task facing his side at Wembley this weekend.

"If you make mistakes in possession and give the ball away to Arsenal, they will punish you," the Reading manager said.

"If you make silly mistakes in and around your own box, they have got players that will capitalise on those chances.

"Maybe in the Championship you can make two to three mistakes in a game and the opposition are not quite good enough to take those chances.

"But you know if you make them against a top team they will take them and that is what we have to be aware of."

Asked how many times his side have played the perfect game, Clarke said: "Probably none. So it's a big ask! But you have to ask it."

The fact one bookmaker has Reading at 14/1 to win the semi-final underlines the heights Reading will have to scale at Wembley, although Clarke clearly believes they can progress.

The Royals boss spoke of "when" they beat Arsenal - "it wasn't a slip of the tongue," he insisted - and pointed to the side they overcame at the quarter-final juncture as an inspiration.

"Nobody expected Bradford to go to Stamford Bridge and score four goals and win 4-2," Clarke said.

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