Football’s self-deprecating humour was on full show in the Watford end amid a very big win.
‘We’re fucking s***,’ their supporters sang when it was 0-0. ‘How s*** must you be? We’re winning away,’ when Cucho Hernandez made it 1-0. ‘Are you Watford in disguise?’ when Southampton’s Che Adams messed up a simple pass. ‘We’re going down,’ they added.
And yet, after this, maybe they aren’t. Watford have hope. Their fans know the predicament they’re in and so they had fun with it in Southampton, but this was a potentially season-spinning win.
Watford secured three points against Southampton on Sunday after beating them 2-1
They’re still in the Premier League’s bottom three but they’re level on points with Everton and Leeds United aren’t too far away. It’s game on for Roy Hodgson’s Hornets.
Defeat would have been a disaster. But they now have their second win under Hodgson, who joined in January with a simple directive from the Pozzo family to ‘keep us up’.
Hernandez’s two goals gave them the win here, while Southampton’s players look like they’ve got their flip flops on in the Premier League. They started the day in 10th. They won’t be making it into Europe via the table and they won’t be dropping down into the Championship.
The highlight of their season will be the FA Cup quarter final against Manchester City at this stadium next weekend. You hope they aren’t as soft as they were here, otherwise that could get embarrassing.
It was Cucho Hernandez who scored a brace to see them emerge victorious away from home
He opened the scoring in the 14th minute of the game before adding another in the 34th
Southampton would have led within two minutes were it not for Watford’s Samir positioning himself on the line as Stuart Armstrong’s cross came in. Mohamed Elyounoussi headed for goal and it was going in until Samir’s clearance.
Instead it was Watford who led after 14 minutes, and oh how Southampton…
Source : dailymail
