Watford boss Malky Mackay has heaped praise on the form of on-loan Arsenal winger Henri Lansbury.

Mackay's Watford side were tipped for the drop from the Championship - but a run of four consecutive home wins took them up to sixth spot before last weekend.

"The thing I liked about Henri was that he was another who'd gone out on loan to Scunthorpe last season. He had options to move to clubs closer to London and he could have sat in his house and played locally. But he uprooted himself to test himself, which I thought said a lot for him.," said Mackay.