Watford 4 Sheffield Wednesday 1- King Henri leads rout for buzzing Hornets
02 Nov 2009 - 02:53:12
Arsene Wenger can lean over the fence that separates Arsenal's and Watford's training grounds on Monday and give his midfield prodigy Henri Lansbury some well deserved praise after the 19-year-old's two-goal spectacular.
Both Lansbury and Tom Cleverley, also on loan from Manchester United until December 31, ran the show and left Wednesday manager Brian Laws fuming: 'We were a shambles and gave them far too much room.'
At the double: On-song Lansbury nips in to guide home the first of his two goals
Watford manager Malky Mackay said: 'It's a feather in this club's cap that two of the top clubs in the country trust us to help their players flourish.'
Cleverley was involved in Adrian Mariapp's scruffy 22nd-minute opener. Five minutes later came the goal of the game as Lansbury played a one-two with Cleverley and burst through the weak double challenge of Lewis Buxton and Darren Purse to drill the ball home.
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Watford almost let Wednesday back in on 45 minutes when Marcus Tudgay headed his sixth goal of the season.
Then Watford's youthful duo took over.
Three and easy: Left-back Jon Harley lashes home Watford's third of the evening
First Lansbury provided the pass for Jon Harley to lash home a left-footer on 53 minutes, then Cleverley skipped through the defence after 61 minutes and cut the ball back for Lansbury to finish clinically.
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