If Mikel Arteta thought starting Ethan Nwaneri may ease the clamour for him to play more, then he needs to think again.Just over 5,500 Arsenal supporters made the journey here to Preston on a cold Wednesday night and, in the end, it was Nwaneri who ensured it was worth the trip.Even in a side stacked with first-team regulars, it was Nwaneri who shone brightest of all as Arsenal cruised into the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup with a 3-0 victory.
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00:00All over here at Preston and what a night for Ethan Waneri.
00:06Feels like there's nothing he can't do over the 17-yard, a brilliant performance. I mean,
00:11this is a strong, strong Arsenal team that we spoke about before the game, you know,
00:14the likes of Sneijder playing, Jürgen Timber. Waneri didn't look out of place,
00:18I mean, physically and on the ball. He just looked at home in this Arsenal team and
00:22the fans absolutely were loving his performance. They've been calling for him to play more
00:27and you could sort of see why. I mean, the goal, he took it so, so well, let the ball roll across
00:31his body, curled into the top corner and even the celebration kind of says a bit about his
00:35confidence right now. You know, it wasn't emphatic, whipping his shirt off, running mad.
00:40He sort of wagged his finger as if this is what he does every day in training and for Arteta,
00:45I think if he thought the clamour around Waneri might die down a bit if he gave the start,
00:50he's probably going to get the opposite. I think fans are going to want to see more
00:52and more of this kid and you can't blame them.