8th August 2022- Championship, West Bromwich Albion 1 Watford 1

https://www.watfordfc.com/post-match/west-bromwich-albion-first-team-watford-mens-team-2022-08-08

Attendance: 22,365

BBC: Ismaila Sarr scored a spectacular David Beckham-style chip from his own half but then had a late penalty saved as Watford drew with West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns.

Sky: A moment of inspiration from Sarr illuminated a game that the home side dominated, firing Watford ahead against the run of play, with Daniel Bachmann’s trio of astounding saves immediately upstaged by the brilliance of the game’s opening goal.

The Guardian: Albion manager Steve Bruce admitted he was torn between applauding Sarr’s wonder goal and criticising Button. “Like everybody in the ground, did I want to applaud it or look at my goalkeeper, thinking ‘where are you?!”’ said Bruce. “It’s a wonderful piece of skill by a very good player. I think he looked to see where my goalkeeper was and he [Sarr] executed it.

Fran’s Watford Blog: It had been a dreadful performance from the Hornets. The problems stemmed from the midfield, which was completely overrun. There had been waves and waves of West Brom attacks and only a sterling performance from Bachmann in goal stopped it being a cricket score. After his impressive showing against United, Dennis was back to his poor form. Sarr came in for a lot of criticism for the poor penalty, but his goal was a thing of beauty, and he was very close to scoring the winner.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/championship/scores-fixtures/2022-08?filter=results