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90' +4
FULL TIME: WATFORD 3-0 LIVERPOOL
90' +3
The game isn't technically over yet but Pearson and Klopp exchange pleasantries on the touchline. They know the win is Watford's.
90' +2
Watford have decided they absolutely will not be breached. Kabasele hooks clear Mane's cross from the right.
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Liverpool's unbeaten league run will end in precisely four minutes.
89'
N. Chalobah enters the game and replaces A. Doucouré.
Watford substitution. Doucoure has battled well in midfield. Chalobah replaces him for the final minutes.
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Mane takes on Femenia down the right but quickly finds his options limited. Van Dijk decides to try his luck from distance but today isn't his lucky day. His effort sails harmlessly over.
86'
Salah shows a flash of quality as he skips past his man in the box. The Egyptian scoops the ball up for Origi but Foster raises his arms to claim it. Liverpool's key men have done far too little in the last hour and a half.
84'
Liverpool are still trying but nothing is coming off for them. Lallana's shot is blocked after he receives the ball from Robertson.
82'
I. Pussetto enters the game and replaces I. Sarr.
Sarr's miss is his last action of the game. He's frustrated now but he can be mightly proud of the game he's had. The Argentine winger Pussetto comes on for him.
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Liverpool are piling men forward now. Alexander-Arnold fires in a cross but Kabasele sticks a leg out to stop Origi tapping it in. Watford's centre-backs have been colossal.
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T. Minamino enters the game and replaces Roberto Firmino.
Liverpool make their final change. Minamino replaces the largely invisible Firmino.
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Origi approaches the box from the left and can't seem to decide whether to cross or to shoot. Ultimately, he ends up doing neither.
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Watford aren't letting up here. Confidence is flowing through them. It's just not happening for Liverpool today.
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Liverpool look shellshocked. Of all the teams that could have broken Liverpool's unbeaten Premier League record this season, Watford were one of the unlikeliest contenders. But they're doing it!
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T. Deeney has scored a goal for Watford! Assist by I. Sarr.
GOAL! 3-0 WATFORD! Deeney grabs the goal that surely secures a Watford win! Sarr draws Alisson out of his goal and passes back to Deeney, who floats it into the net from the left of the box!
That's two goals and an assist for Sarr. This is easily his best game to date in a Watford shirt.
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Liverpool look desperate to pull a goal back here, but they have to be careful not to leave themselves too open at the back. Watford are playing at their clinical best.
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Watford get a chance as Liverpool continue to push. Masina gets forward down the left and fires a cross into the box for Sarr. The Senegal winger sticks a foot out from the right of the box but can't hit the target.
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D. Origi enters the game and replaces A. Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Liverpool make an attacking substitution. Oxlade-Chamberlain's game is done. Origi is on for him.
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Liverpool are pushing now but Watford are still getting chances. Hughes has a half-chance blocked from the centre of the box.
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Liverpool get a free-kick down their left as Femenia fouls Mane. Alexander-Arnold is a little too clever in his delivery as he tries to catch Foster off his guard, firing it wide of the left-hand post.
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A. Lallana enters the game and replaces G. Wijnaldum.
Liverpool make an immediate substitution. Wijnaldum makes way for Lallana.
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I. Sarr has scored a goal for Watford! Assist by T. Deeney.
GOAL! 2-0 WATFORD! Sarr grabs his second! The Senegalese winger races onto a ball behind the Liverpool defence and coolly dinks it over Alisson. Liverpool are right up against it!
Deeney gets the assist as he kept the ball in by the touchline and fired the ball forward. It came from nothing but Liverpool's defence switched off, and now the world champions are two goals down!
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Robertson gets away from Femenia who gives the Scot way too much space. Cathcart comes across to cut it out and it's a Liverpool corner. Alexander-Arnold plays it short to Oxlade-Chamberlain, who makes a mess of it.
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Hughes tries a throughball for Deeney. Deeney's header sails over but the Watford captain is offside anyway. Liverpool are having an off day.
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I. Sarr has scored a goal for Watford! Assist by A. Doucouré.
GOAL! 1-0 WATFORD! Sarr breaks the deadlock! Liverpool don't deal with a simple throw-in, letting it bounce in the box. Doucoure steals in behind Lovren to hook it across goal and Sarr stabs it in from a few yards out! It's no less than the hosts deserve.
That was a great assist by Doucoure. Lovren had his hands full and didn't see the Frenchman bursting in behind him.
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Chance for Liverpool! Sarr goes to sleep and doesn't track Robertson's run. Van Dijk finds him with a beautifully weighted pass and Foster makes the stop! Watford eventually get it clear.
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Robertson sends in a great cross from the left and Kabasele stretches to clear it. Alexander-Arnold tries the same thing from the opposite flank and Masina gets in the way. Liverpool are starting to liven up.
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Salah has a pop from the outside of the box. It's blocked by Cathcart. Liverpool continue to press Watford back but can't get anywhere.
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Liverpool ride out Watford's corner. The visitors need to wake up quickly if they don't want to find themselves behind.
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HALF-TIME: WATFORD 0-0 LIVERPOOL
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Hughes is the next Watford man to get a free-kick as he's barged over by Lovren down the left. What can Watford make of this?
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Mane fouls Capoue near the halfway line. Watford swing the free-kick in but it doesn't lead to much. The momentum that they had before Deulofeu went off has dissipated.
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Oxlade-Chamberlain drops deep and fires an angled cross in. Kabasele deals with it. There'll be five added minutes in this half following Deulofeu's injury.
The second half gets underway. No changes at half-time.
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Hughes commits a clumsy challenge on Wijnaldum, handing Liverpool a free-kick. Alexander-Arnold lifts the free-kick into the box. His accuracy is lacking this time and it lands straight with Foster.
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Kabasele clears Firmino's ball and finds Sarr up the other end. Sarr turns and shrugs off Fabinho to dribble towards goal, but pulls the trigger too early and blazes over.
42'
Liverpool's corner leads to nothing. The visitors labour on the edge of Watford's box, only for the attack to break down when Mane is caught offside. The Senegalese winger's been rather quiet so far.
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Alexander-Arnold is caught late by a robust challenge from Deeney but play continues. Salah picks up possession and plays the ball off Cathcart for a Liverpool corner.
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Watford are doing extremely well at making life difficult for Liverpool. You wonder what impact losing Deulofeu will have on the hosts' goal threat through.
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Kabasele cannons Robertson's intended pass for Firmino off the back of the Brazilian. It lands back to Robertson but the Scot can't do anything with it.
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R. Pereyra enters the game and replaces Deulofeu.
Pereyra comes on for the stricken Deulofeu.
Watford pick up where they left off, trying to test Liverpool's high defensive line. Deeney is offside from Hughes' throughball.
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Van Dijk holds Deulofeu off, swatting him away on the edge of the box. It's not a foul but Deulofeu's leg buckles as he falls, leaving him in some difficulty. Not ideal for Watford.
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A wonderful flick from Deeney sends Doucoure away. Unfortunately for Doucoure, Deeney hasn't got the legs to catch up and the Frenchman's attempted pass back fails.
30'
Fabinho tries to thread a ball through for Alexander-Arnold. Masina anticipates it well though, cutting the chance out.
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Watford win a corner off Robertson. Salah clears it and Watford have little option but to go back. Foster clumps it forward and Alexander-Arnold hands Watford a throw while challenging Deeney for the header. Liverpool look a little tetchy.
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Deulofeu jinks into the box from the left and blasts the ball against Lovren. The fans appeal for handball, but there's no chance of that - Lovren's got his hands behind his back.
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The flag goes up against Firmino as he catches Capoue with an innocuous high foot. Liverpool aren't finding their hosts easy to break down.
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Alexander-Arnold sends the ball down the line for Oxlade-Chamberlain. Oxlade-Chamberlain thinks he's won a throw off Masina, but the linesman disagrees. The Liverpool midfielder gives the official a piece of his mind.
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Watford pin Liverpool into their defensive third for a while. Doucoure's shot from outside the box is wayward but the pressure's still on. Sarr crosses in and Liverpool get it away. Sarr tries again but this time Deeney's offside.
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Doucoure gets the corner away but only as far as Oxlade-Chamberlain. The midfielder dinks it over the top for Salah, who hits the side netting with a shot from a tight angle.
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Robertson bustles his way into the box from the left. Kabasele comes across to prevent him from completing a cross. Shortly after, Robertson attempts a ball from deep and Kabasele slashes it out for a Liverpool corner.
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Liverpool are struggling to break Watford down at the moment. Watford have all their players behind the ball and are making it hard for the visitors to find space in the final third.
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Watford have dealt well with Liverpool's threat in this opening period. Sarr wins a free-kick on the right as he's clipped by Fabinho.
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Deeney finds himself in space down the left. He's got two teammates to his right and tries to find them but Wijnaldum gets in the way. Liverpool eventually clear. Watford are finding joy by making runs behind Alexander-Arnold at the moment.
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Alexander-Arnold wins Liverpool's first corner of the game off Deulofeu. Deeney does well to head it away. Masina tries to send Deulofeu through with a ball over the top but there's too much power on it for the Spaniard to catch.
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Alexander-Arnold clips the ball down the line with his left foot for Oxlade-Chamberlain who's timed his run well. Oxlade-Chamberlain lays back out wide to Alexander-Arnold, who can't keep his cross in play.
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Watford will have to remain disciplined for large parts of this game. They're stuck mostly in their own half at the moment as Liverpool get a feel for the ball.
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Deulofeu whizzes towards the box from the left flank. The Spaniard cuts onto his right foot and has a pop from outside the box. His effort curls wide of the left-hand post.
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This game gets underway!
Liverpool go on the hunt early on as Salah looks for a teammate in the box. Watford clear. Watford's success today will depend on their ability to keep players like Salah and Mane quiet.
Hello! Welcome to our live text commentary of this Premier League match between Watford and Liverpool at Vicarage Road, Watford.
Four more wins. That's all that Liverpool need now to secure the Premier League title that has long eluded them. Having won their last 18 Premier League games, another victory here for Jurgen Klopp's men would set a new English top-flight record for consecutive victories.
Watford host the champions-elect here in search of a result which would help haul them out of the relegation zone. Time is running out for Nigel Pearson's team to scramble to safety. However, with Liverpool conceding more goals in their 3-2 victory over West Ham last time out than they had done in their 11 previous league games combined, the Hornets may just have the faintest chance.
WATFORD (4-2-3-1): Ben Foster; Kiko Femenia, Christian Kabasele, Craig Cathcart, Adam Masina; Will Hughes, Etienne Capoue; Ismaila Sarr, Abdoulaye Doucoure, Gerard Deulofeu; Troy Deeney (c).
SUBS: Roberto Pereyra, Andre Gray, Danny Welbeck, Craig Dawson, Nathaniel Chalobah, Heurelho Gomes, Ignacio Pussetto.
LIVERPOOL (4-3-3): Alisson; Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk (c), Dejan Lovren, Andrew Robertson; Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Fabinho, Georginio Wijnaldum; Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane.
SUBS: Curtis Jones, Takumi Minamino, Adrian, Ki-Jana Hoever, Joel Matip, Divock Origi, Adam Lallana.
The two sides are out on the Vicarage Road pitch now. It's a cracking atmosphere here in Watford.
Liverpool's hopes of an unbeaten league season come to an end then. For Watford though, this win could well be the springboard to them staying up. We'll just have to see. That's all for now. Goodbye!
Liverpool may have suffered their first league defeat of the season but they're still 22 points clear at the top of the Premier League. For them, this result is surely merely a bump on the road to glory. It might have a far bigger impact on Watford - they're out of the bottom three on goal difference. They sit 17th now, while Bournemouth drop into the relegation zone in their place.
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