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Sky: Will Smallbone and Che Adams had put Saints on course to capitalise on Leeds and Leicester’s earlier defeats before Ryan Porteous and Ismael Kone levelled things up.

BBC: But Downes netted in the ninth minute of stoppage time, leaving the fourth-placed Saints seven points behind second-placed Leicester but with a game in hand, and having played two fewer matches than third-placed Leeds.

Watford Observer: RECAP: Southampton 3 Watford 2

Ridiculous stoppage-time decision by officials rob Watford

‘I am struggling to see how we have led to that corner being taken’

Cleverley took positives from Saturday but knows he needs to start winning

Fran’s Watford Blog: I was absolutely gutted at the end of the game.  It was a cruel way to lose, we didn’t deserve that at all.  After a disastrous start to the game and a first 20 minutes when the Hornets had struggled, the lads had done incredibly well to get back in the game and had the better of the second half.  We deserved to come away with at least a point, so the celebrations in the home stands really hurt.  The players were cheered off the field by the travelling Hornets, which was as it should have been.  We have been greatly entertained in most of the games since Cleverley took over and, with such a difficult run of games, have done considerably better than I would have expected.  All we need now is a home win (or two).