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BBC: Vakoun Bayo’s double lifted Watford above West Brom in the Championship play-off race as they inflicted the Baggies’ first defeat in 13 games.

Sky: The Ivory Coast striker glanced home a first-half header before superb control on his chest ended with a shot on the swivel early in the second period.

Watford Observer: RECAP: Watford 2 West Brom 1

Five talking points: Changing shape, Vata impact and exceeding expectations

Watford 2 West Brom 1 minute-by-minute report

Players responded to a ‘courageous’ change of shape and team

Porteous back to form on the pitch after summer of turmoil

A ‘coming of age’ victory that was as delicious as your first legal drink

Plan to switch shape was hatched on Thursday morning

Vata is Rocco and rolling under Cleverley’s guidance

Cleverley delighted Bayo is being rewarded with his hard work by goals

BHappy: What a bloody tremendous game of football that was. What a tense, dramatic, exhausting, exhilarating, inspiring, infuriating, marvellous thing. The sort of game where you meet up afterwards and just bellow at each other. All words mere detail.

Fran’s Watford Blog: It had been a really enjoyable game. The change of formation to four at the back and the attacking line-up had worked really well. Chakvetadze spent the whole game running at the West Brom defence causing them no end of problems. He really deserves to see his name on the scoresheet. Following on from his goal at Hull, it was great to see Vata start and get two excellent assists for the goals. He really is an exciting prospect. The brace from Bayo was delightful and it is always good to see a beaming smile on his face. The defence played very well, Porteous and Pollock were very solid indeed. It was also great to see Ngakia playing a full 90+ minutes and he was rewarded by being named Man of the Match.

From The Rookery End: After an exhilarating afternoon at Vicarage Road, Jon, Jas, Jordi and Mike got together outside a bustling Hornet Shop to discuss a thrilling Watford win. The boys discuss Tom Cleverley’s change of approach for the visit of West Brom, and run through how a tough game was won, with praise for not just the players, but for Tom’s pragmatic game management, too.