EFL Cup 2016-17: Nottingham Forest 0 - 4 Arsenal - 5 Talking Points

The Arsenal team celebrate Granit Xhaka's long-range effort

#4 Forest's Henri Lansbury showed contempt towards Arsenal

Lansbury need to calm down

Those who've followed Arsenal for a while now know how close Henri Lansbury was from making it into the first team. He even made a few appearances for the club in the Emirates Cup but was eventually loaned and then sold by Arsene Wenger who thought he didn't have what it takes to cut it at North London.

And last night, Lansbury showed just why. The London-born midfielder fouled the Arsenal midfield and forward line multiple times throughout the game and was only booked late in the second half. It all began with a rather rash tackle on Elneny which looked like a certain yellow card but the ref played on and booked the Englishman for repeatedly bringing down Arsenal players later in the second half.

Lansbury has the pace and the passing range to make it in any midfield in the Championship but judging by how he played Arsenal last night, it looks like he wanted to show the club – and Arsene Wenger – that he wasn't happy not making it with the Gunners in the Premier League . There are other ways, Henri.

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