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1st January 2022- Premier League, Watford 0 Tottenham Hotspur 1

Attendance: 20,391

BBC Sport: Davinson Sanchez scored a 96th-minute winner as Tottenham continued their push for a Premier League top-four place with a last-gasp victory over struggling Watford at Vicarage Road.

Sky Sports: Watford had conceded 15 goals during a five-match losing streak, but Kane and company were frustrated by an inspired Daniel Bachmann before Sanchez’s very late intervention.

BHappy: It wasn’t to be.  And you can focus on Kucka’s ill-judged foul as Spurs once again tried to find a way into our penalty area, or Sierralta being outjumped by Sánchez, or Bachmann flying out and getting nowhere near the cross.  There was always a chance of this happening…  tickets, raffles.  The strategy of ceding possession and blocking space relied on absolute concentration and a bit of luck and in the 96th minute, after an interlude for a fan to receive treatment, both failed us.  The defeat also owes a lot, in fairness, to the relentless focus of the visitors – something not always associated with Spurs teams in the past.  Very few histrionics here, very few tantrums as the frustration at lack of progress must have built, not much in the way of testing the referee after he’d set a tone in the first half.  Just a concentrated belief in what they were doing, something that was true of both sides.

Fran’s Watford Blog: It was a heart-breaking end to the game.  Watford had done really well to contain the Spurs attack and had had a couple of decent chances themselves.  The second half had been much more positive from the Hornets.  Joao Pedro had been a menace and, had he been allowed to continue his run, may well have grabbed a goal.  The man of the match award was given to Kucka, but I thought the midfield three all did well with a decent showing from Louza and the sort of impressive performance that we have come to expect from Sissoko.

29th August 2021- Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur 1 Watford 0

Attendance: 57,672

BBC Sport: Juraj Kucka twice failed to capitalise on good opportunities to score and Emmanuel Dennis also gave Spurs some uncomfortable moments.

Sky Sports: Watford reacted well after the break, creating two big chances. First, Kucka lashed over the bar in acres of space from Sarr’s centre, before Josh King got in Sarr’s way eight yards out as he looked to turn home from a Moussa Sissoko cut back.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58295881

BHappy: There are a fair few “free hits” in the Premier League, and there’s a frustration here in that having been within a slug of a mugging we couldn’t find that goal, deserved or otherwise, or better still kept that free kick out.  Nonetheless.  We’re at a stage where the team is virtually brand new;  to look so convincing so quickly, albeit without points today, is no bad thing.  We need to hit the ground running with an attractive looking run of games coming after the international break, but on this evidence you’d back us to add to our tally.

5th September 2020- Friendly, Watford 2 Tottenham Hotspur 1

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From the Official site: With Championship football kicking off at Vicarage Road on Friday night and the Hornets looking to mount a promotion push, Vladimir Ivić’s side showed they still have some Premier League quality about them with a convincing win against Tottenham Hotspur at Vicarage Road.

A thunderous 25-yard strike from Domingos Quina and an emphatic Andre Gray penalty earned the victory against José Mourinho’s side at The Vic, with Heung-min Son pulling one back for the visitors from the spot late on.

Head Coach Ivić has had less than a month to work with his new squad, but the Serbian has clearly already made his mark on the team’s style of play. Watford were fluid and dynamic, with wing-backs Pervis Estupiñán and Jeremy Ngakia bombing forward and the five-strong midfield interchanging during quick counter-attacks.

The game’s first big opening fell to Quina, with the midfielder firing just wide after some neat build-up play. Shortly after, Tom Dele-Bashiru drilled in a low cross and once again Quina was in the box but could not connect.

After 20 minutes, though, Quina made no mistake. The 20-year-old picked the ball up from deep and, with Davinson Sánchez backing off, ran to within 25 yards of goal and fired a swerving drive past Joe Hart.

Spurs came close to equalising immediately through Son but Daniel Bachmann got down well to save the forward’s low effort from a wide position.

The Hornets then doubled their lead shortly before half-time, as Gray smashed a penalty past Hart after Dele-Bashiru was pulled down in the area.

Gray almost scored again soon after the break, latching onto an incisive through-pass by Quina. Under pressure from two defenders, the striker’s effort went wide of the post.

As the game wore on José Mourinho’s side pushed forwards and Watford’s defensive resolve was tested, but Nathaniel Chalobah brilliantly blocked a Lamela strike before Bachmann saved from the Argentine.

Ivić evaluated his squad’s depth, with the likes of João Pedro, Marc Navarro and new signing Glenn Murray all getting minutes under their belt, which will no doubt come in crucial with the games coming thick and fast this season.

Spurs pulled one back when Son converted from the penalty spot after a Murray foul, but it was not enough – and in fact it was the hosts who came closest to scoring again.

Goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga was sent forward by Mourinho for a late corner only for the Hornets to counter-attack. Marc Navarro shot towards the open goal from 50 yards, but a desperate dive from Son cleared the ball off the goal line.

It was a good test of fitness and fight for the Hornets ahead of Friday night’s Championship clash here against Middlesbrough.

Line-Up

Starting XI: Bachmann (GK), Kabasele, Wilmot (Crichlow 89), Dawson (Sierralta 59), Ngakia, Chalobah (Phillips 59), Dele-Bashiru (Murray 64), Estupiñán (Navarro 70), Cleverley (C) (Stevenson 89), Quina (Peñaranda 64), Gray (João Pedro 52).

Subs not used: Parkes (GK), Agyakwa.

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Spurs Website: Heung-Min Son’s late penalty wasn’t enough as we suffered a 2-1 defeat at Watford in our final match of pre-season on Saturday afternoon.

No, not a full-strength Spurs, yes, a pre-season friendly and no, I’ve not spent too long dwelling on the detail.  It’s a pre-season friendly after all, and if you cared you probably watched it yourself.  But we beat Spurs, with a thing that has fun bits and gnarly bits and sparkly bits but is fundamentally a thing that isn’t fully formed yet.

18th January 2020- Premier League, Watford 0 Tottenham Hotspur 0

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Referee:
Michael Oliver
Attendance:
21,366

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Ignacio Pussetto’s goal-line clearance denied Tottenham a last-minute winner at Watford by just 10.04mm in a goalless draw at Vicarage Road.

Troy Deeney saw his spot-kick saved, but the Hornets extended their unbeaten run in the Premier League to seven matches.

The truth was that Spurs started well, without causing Ben Foster any real moments of concern. By the half- hour, however, Watford were on top and during the first 15 minutes of the second half should have taken the lead. Their penalty came in the 69th minute, the result of incessant pressure that culminated in Jan Vertonghen desperately blocking a shot from Gerard Deulofeu with his arm. Deeney stepped up to take it, but his shot was soft and too close to Paolo Gazzaniga’s right hand. It was Deeney’s third miss in his past six Premier League penalties.

As it happened

It’s not a great penalty, very savable if the keeper goes the right way…  harsh to blame Troy really who more than pulls his weight throughout, but I’d always prefer he missed by absolutely spanking it if he’s going to miss at all.  Call me childish, but there’s great satisfaction in seeing the ball hit as hard as he did at Wembley.

From behind the goal it didn’t look to have crossed the line and the referee waved his ‘watch’ at the protesting Spurs players to indicate that they had not scored.  That was the last action of the game.  It had been a decent goalless draw.  The visitors had started the game strongly with the Hornets sitting very deep, but Watford came back into it and had a couple of decent chances.  Both defences played pretty well, and the forwards from both sides were very wasteful.

The Guardian’s football cartoonist David Squires featured the game in his strip printed the following week.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2020/jan/21/david-squires-on-the-resurrection-of-nigel-pearson-at-watford

19th October 2019- Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur 1 Watford 1

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This was our first visit to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium that had replaced White Hart Lane.

Referee: Chris Kavanagh
Attendance: 58,754
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Dele Alli rescued a late point for Tottenham to deny visitors Watford a first Premier League win of the season amid video assistant referee (VAR) confusion.

Alli’s leveller (86) – after Abdoulaye Doucoure (6) had given Watford the lead – was reviewed by VAR for a potential handball and referee Chris Kavanagh signalled for a goal but the big-screen message, which is controlled by Stockley Park, stated that the goal had been ruled out. After some confusion, the goal was eventually given.

For Watford this was one of those so-near-yet-so-far days, but the commitment from his players gave heart to Quique Sánchez Flores. The league’s bottom side were far from the rabble of early season here and, had they been more decisive in one of several counterattacking opportunities, they might yet have secured their first win of the season.

And here’s the VAR bit. Two big calls. A penalty shout for Deulofeu in the first half, not given. Alli’s goal, not denied despite a handball in the build-up and a shove on Christian Kabasele. No view of either at the time, both at the far end… Deulofeu’s penalty looks nailed on, Alli’s “handball” at least plausibly interpretable as shoulder rather than arm. We didn’t get either decision, it was ever thus away at a big club, these things matter more because we’re so desperate for the points. On balance wringing our hands too much about the equaliser is misguided; Ben Foster should have cleaned it out, Kiko could have been more decisive, and however inspiring our performance and well-judged the strategy if you spend most of the game defending your penalty area you increase the opportunity for such a decision to go against you.

 If we continue to play as well as we did on Saturday, we won’t be in the relegation zone for long.  This was the first time that we have seen a convincing performance from the whole team.  I hope that we bring that into the Bournemouth game and have Vicarage Road bouncing again.

30th January 2019- Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur 2 Watford 1

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The game was played at Wembley Stadium as Spurs’ new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium still wasn’t ready to open.

Referee:
Graham Scott
Attendance:
29,164

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Such is the media obsession with the ‘big six’ that the following four reports barely contain a mention of us.

Watford were a little more than 10 minutes away from their first league double over Tottenham.

Late goals from Heung-Min Son and Fernando Llorente rescued a tough week for Tottenham with a 2-1 comeback win over Watford. Watford took advantage of a Spurs side looking jaded after exiting both domestic cup competitions in the space of four days when Craig Cathcart bundled home from a corner (37).

As Javi Gracia said, his side “missed a very good chance to get points against a very good team” and while the visitors were second best in terms of possession and territory, they arguably deserved a draw given the togetherness they showed throughout. Instead they remain ninth having lost for the first time in 2019.