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Match report: Watford 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Premier League: For a long time, this had threatened to be a first clean sheet for Watford under Claudio Ranieri, but Davinson Sánchez’s injury-time header ensured it was not, writes Jonathan Wilson from Vicarage Road.
Davinson Sanchez speaks: “The goal,” the unlikely scorer of Spurs’ winner tells Sky Sports. “That was what we were looking for, not just myself, the fans, the team, the result we are happy for. I am happy to be here the way we are going.
“It was very physical coming to play here, they always make it hard to play against, but we had intention from the beginning to keep pushing for a result.
“If we opened the game earlier it would become a different game. Crystal Palace, second half we created many chances but a bit unlucky in the final third. Southampton, before the goal we missed the last pass. Finally we got it, we are working very well to keep pushing.”
Match report: Arsenal 1-2 Manchester City
Premier League: A late Rodri smash-and-grab took the points for Manchester City despite a spirited display from Arsenal. Nick Ames was at the Emirates for the Guardian ...
Premier League
- Arsenal 1-2 Manchester City
- Watford 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur
- Crystal Palace v West Ham (5.30pm)
Championship
- Blackpool 1-0 Hull City
League One
- Burton Albion 4-1 Crewe
- Charlton 0-1 Wycombe
- MK Dons 0-0 Gillingham
- Oxford United 1-1 Cheltenham Town
- Rotherham United 2-1 Bolton
League Two
- Barrow 1-2 Bradford City
- Crawley Town 3-1 Colchester United
- Forest Green 2-0 Stevenage
- Hartlepool United 0-0 Oldham
- Scunthorpe United 0-1 Carlisle United
- Sutton United 2-1 Exeter City
- Swindon Town 5-2 Northampton Town
- Walsall 3-3 Newport County
Full time: Watford 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Premier League: Despite a largely heroic defensive effort, Watford lose their fourth home game on the bounce, going down to a Davinson Sanchez header deep in added time.
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League One: Dan Jebbison makes it Burton Albion 4-1 Crewe in the second minute of added time.
League Two: Walsall score a late equaliser against Newport County through a Conor Wilkinson volley in the fifth minute of added time. He’s scored three this afternoon ... one past his own goalkeeper.
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GOAL! Watford 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur (Sanchez 90+6)
Premier League: They can’t! Davinson Sanchez is unmarked and scores with a header from three yards out after connecting with a Son free-kick.
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Watford 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur: We’re into eight minutes of added time at Watford, where the deadlock remains unbroken. This will be a great point for Watford ... if they can hang on.
Watford 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur: Play resumes at Vicarage Road following an interruption so that a spectator could receive medical attention. Hopefully they’re OK.
League Two: Sutton go 2-1 ahead against Exeter City courtesy of a Rob Milsom penalty in the 89th minute.
Watford 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur: With less than five minutes of normal time remaining, medics from both teams dash across the pitch at Vicarage Road to look after somebody who has taken ill in the stands. We wish all involved well. Play has been halted but the players are still on the pitch.
League One: Mark Sykes slides the ball home to equalise for Oxford United against Cheltenham Town.
Watford 0-0 Tottenham: Hugo Lloris brings down Joao Pedro in the Tottenham penalty area but gets away with it. Having seen it twice, I think the Tottenham goalkeeper was very, very lucky not to concede a spot-kick. Other opinions are available.
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League Two: Freddie Sears pulls a goal back for Colchester against Crawley, who lead 3-1.
League One: Michael Smith has put Rotherham 2-1 ahead against Bolton at the New York Stadium.
Crystal Palace v West Ham line-ups
Crystal Palace: Guaita, Ward, Andersen, Guehi, Mitchell, Schlupp, Milivojevic, Hughes, Ayew, Benteke, Edouard.
Subs: Butland, Tomkins, Olise, Eze, Mateta, Matthews, Kelly, Riedewald.
West Ham: Fabianski, Coufal, Dawson, Diop, Johnson, Rice, Soucek, Bowen, Lanzini, Benrahma, Antonio.
Subs: Yarmolenko, Vlasic, Areola, Noble, Fredericks, Masuaku, Kral, Okoflex, Alese.
Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland)
Watford 0-0 Tottenham: Watford goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann saves brilliantly from Son, who’d volleyed a Lucas Moura ball over the top goalwards. Excellent goalkeeping.
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League Two: Walsall equalise against Newport through a Matt Dolan own goal, only to go behind to Dominic Telford’s second of the afternoon a minute later. It’s 3-2 to Walsall at the Banks’s Stadium.
League Two: Swindon score their fifth goal against Northampton, with Harry McKirdy bagging his fourth of the afternoon. It’s 5-2 at the County Ground.
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Watford 0-0 Tottenham: Son miskicks wide of the far post after barely connecting with a Reguilon cross from the right. He didn’t get enough contact on a very inviting delivery and puts his head in his hands. It remains scoreless at Vicarage Road.
League Two: It’s now Swindon Town 4-2 Northampton at the County Ground, where Tyreece SImpson has extended the home side’s lead on the hour mark.
Watford 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur: Watford win a free-kick in a great position just outside the Spurs box but Joao Pedro sends his effort miles over the bar.
League Two: League leaders Forest Green have gone ahead against Stevenage courtesy of a Josh March goal. Elsewhere, Swindon lead Northampton 3-2 in a real ding-dong at the County Ground.
League Two: On as a sub for Walsall against Newport, Conor Wilkinson has scored a goal at each end. The one he just stuck past his own goalkeeper means Newport lead 2-1 at the Bescot/Banks’s Stadium.
League Two: Ashley Nadesan has put Crawley 3-0 up against Colchester with his second goal of the game.
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League Two: There are quick-fire goals from both sides at the County Ground, where it’s Swindon Town 2-2 Northampton Town. Jon Guthrie put the Cobblers 2-1 up, only for Harry McKirdy to equalise for the hosts a minute later.
Watford 0-0 Tottenham: Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris is called into action for the first time this afternoon, throwing himself to his left to save splendidly from Joshua King.
League Two: Barrow have pulled a goal back against Bradford through Josh Gordon and now trail by the odd goal of three.
League One: Callum Wright pokes home from close range to give Cheltenham a one-goal lead at Oxford United.
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Watford 0-0 Tottenham: Sensational scenes at Vicarage Road, where Watford win a corner. Tottenham clear.
League Two: Bradford have doubled their lead at Barrow, with Andy Cook scoring their second goal.
Watford 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur: Play has resumed at Vicarage Road, where Watford have brought on Joao Pedro as a half-time substitute for their striker Emmanuel Dennis. A curious move from tinkerman Claudio Ranieri, unless Dennis is injured.
Your half-time scores ...
Premier League
- Arsenal 1-2 Manchester City (result)
- Watford 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
- Crystal Palace v West Ham (5.30pm)
Championship
- Blackpool 1-0 Hull City
League One
- Burton Albion 3-1 Crewe
- Charlton 0-1 Wycombe
- MK Dons 0-0 Gillingham
- Oxford United 0-0 Cheltenham Town
- Rotherham United 1-1 Bolton
League Two
- Barrow 0-1 Bradford City
- Crawley Town 2-0 Colchester United
- Forest Green 0-0 Stevenage
- Hartlepool United 0-0 Oldham
- Scunthorpe United 0-1 Carlisle United
- Sutton United 1-1 Exeter City
- Swindon Town 1-1 Northampton Town
- Walsall 0-1 Newport County
Premier League: It’s scoreless at Vicarage Road, where Spurs have been utterly dominant. Harry Kane feels he should have had a penalty and may have a case but the deadlock remains unbroken at half-time.
League Two: Rod McDonald has fired Carlisle ahead against Scunthorpe with the only goal of the game so far at Glanford Park.
League One: It’s rat-a-tat stuff at Rotherham, where the home side went ahead against Bolton only to be pegged back two minutes later. Michael Smith scored for Rotherham in the 40th minute, only for Eoin Doyle to equalise soon afterwards.
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League Two: Sam Hoskins has equalised for Northampton at Swindon.
League One: Absent from his Wycombe side’s game against Charlton at The Valley because he has Covid, Gareth Ainsworth will be delighted to see Sam Vokes has put the visitors ahead after 35 minutes.
League Two: Joel Lynch gets 2022 off to a bang, putting Crawley 2-0 up against Colchester.
League One: Kane Hemmings scores his second goal in two games, sending a volley past Crewe goalkeeper Dave Richards to put Burton 3-1 ahead.
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Championship: Gary Madine has put Blackpool a goal ahead against Hull City in the only Championship game being played this afternoon.
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Premiuer League: A poor ball from Daniel Bachmann is prodded towards Harry Kane. He cuts in towards the centre of the pitch and fires inches wide of the far post.
League One: Burton lead Crewe 2-1 with John Brayford putting Jimmy Floyd-Hasselbaink’s side ahead.
League Two: In good news for resident Guardian cartoonist David Squires, his beloved Swindon have gone a goal up against Northampton. Harry McKirdy has got the goal on 28 minutes.
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Premier League: Daniel Bachmann is forced into action again, saving a Sergio Reguilon shot from distance. It’s a terrific save from the Austrian, who flung himself to his left and got two hands to the ball. Watford are under immense pressure.
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Premier League: Tottenham defender Davinson Sanchez gets his head to a Heung Min-son corner but is on the stretch and unable to get any power behind his effort. Daniel Bachmann saves comfortably.
League One: Tom Lowery equalises for Crewe against Burton Albion at the Pirelli Stadium.
Premier League: Harry Kane stings the palms of Watford goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann with a rising drive. Tottenham are totally dominant against a Watford side that is sitting very deep.
Premier League: A poor header from Watford centre-half Craig Cathcart drops for Pierre-Emile Hoejbjerg, who fires over the bar from inside the opposition penalty area.
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League Two: It’s Crawley 1-0 Colchester, with Ashley Nadesan keeping the scoreboard operator on his or her toes.
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Premier League: Tottenham are playing ball after ball out to Emerson Royal out on the right-wing but he isn’t getting the crosses in to the box.
Premier League: Not a great deal to report from Vicarage Road, where it remains scoreless between Watford and Spurs. The visitors are dominating possession but have created little or nothing in the way of goalscoring chances.
League One: Burton lead Crewe through a Harry Chapman strike on six minutes.
League Two: Exeter City have equalised against Sutton through Tim Dieng, while Barrow trail Bradford by a Lee Angol goal.
League Two: Dominic Telford has put Newport County a goal up against Walsall at the Banks’s Stadium. Meanwhile at Gander Green Lane, high-flying Sutton United have gone one ahead against Exeter City. Omar Bugiel with the goal there.
Watford v Tottenham is go ...
Peep! Tottenham have kicked off at Vicarage Road, their players a vision in magenta shirts, shorts and socks. The personnel of Watford wear their usual home kit of yellow shirts, black shorts and yellow socks. Emmanuel Dennis unleashes an early shot from inside the Tottenham penalty area but it’s low and straight at Hugo Lloris.
Match report: Arsenal 1-2 Manchester City
Premier League: Nick Ames was at the Emirates to see Manchester City nick all three points from a spirited Arsenal side courtesy of a late, late winner from Rodri.
Easier for Arsenal to blame the referee than to admit they lost because of Xhaka and Gabriel doing stupid things. A shame as Saka and Martinelli were and are brilliant.
— Jacob Steinberg (@JacobSteinberg) January 1, 2022
City’s penalty was correct, Gabriel was correctly sent off. If you think it’s a bad ref don’t do petulant things and give him an opportunity to hurt you. Arsenal could have had a pen, sure, but went 1-0 up after that, playing very well, and then give City an easy way back in.
— Jacob Steinberg (@JacobSteinberg) January 1, 2022
Full time: Arsenal 1-2 Manchester City
Premier League: A tremendously entertaining game at the Emirates draws to a close with the 10 crushed men of Arsenal losing by the odd goal of three – a late, late strike from Rodri. Their players and fans are furious with referee Stuart Attwell, who didn’t do a whole lot – if anything – wrong.
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GOAL! Arsenal 1-2 Manchester City (Rodri 90+3)
Premier League: Oh Arsenal. Rodri pokes home from the edge of the six-yard box, pouncing on a rebound from Ben White before whipping off his shirt, celebrating in front of Arsenal fans and being pelted by empty bottles and plastic cups.
Klopp to miss Liverpool's match against Chelsea
This just in: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp will not be at Stamford Bridge for Liverpool’s match against Chelsea tomorrow afternoon because of Covid-related reasons. We wish him well.
Watford v Tottenham Hotspur line-ups
Watford: Bachmann, Troost-Ekong, Sierralta, Cathcart, Masina, Sissoko, Sema, Kucka, Louza, King, Dennis.
Subs: Ngakia, Cleverley, Joao Pedro, Gosling, Fletcher, Tufan, Hernandez, Angelini, Morris.
Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris, Sanchez, Dier, Davies, Emerson, Skipp, Hojbjerg, Reguilon, Lucas Moura, Kane, Son.
Subs: Doherty, Winks, Gil Salvatierra, Rodon, Lo Celso, Alli, Gollini, Tanganga, Ndombele.
Referee: Robert Jones (Merseyside)
Red card! Arsenal down to 10 men
Premier League: It’s all going spectacularly pear-shaped for the Gunners, who had played so well for 50 minutes. Moments after Mahrez’s goal, Martinelli missed a sitter, with Nathan Ake hacking off the line for City.
Not long after that, Gabriel, who had been booked for scuffing the penalty spot prior to Manchester City’s equaliser, received his second yellow card for a block on Gabriel Jesus. It’s all square at the Emirates but Arsenal are down to 10 men.
GOAL! Arsenal 1-1 Manchester City (Mahrez 57pen)
Premier League: Following a VAR intervention and pitchside monitor consultation, Manchester City were awarded a penalty for a Granit Xhaka foul on Bernardo Silva. Riyad Mahrez has scored from the spot to restore parity for Manchester City. Rob Smyth has the latest ...
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Today’s Premier League fixtures
- Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City (latest score)
- Leicester v Norwich City (postp)
- Watford v Tottenham Hotspur (3pm)
- Crystal Palace v West Ham (5.30pm)
Championship
- Sheffield United v Middlesbrough (postp)
- Blackpool v Hull City
- Coventry City v Luton Town (postp)
League One
- Burton Albion v Crewe
- Charlton v Wycombe
- Ipswich Town v Lincoln City (postp)
- MK Dons v Gillingham
- Oxford United v Cheltenham Town
- Plymouth Argyle v AFC Wimbledon (postp)
- Rotherham United v Bolton
- Wigan Athletic v Accrington Stanley (postp)
League Two
- Barrow v Bradford City
- Crawley Town v Colchester United
- Forest Green v Stevenage
- Harrogate v Port Vale (postp)
- Hartlepool United v Oldham
- Leyton Orient v Bristol Rovers (postp)
- Rochdale v Mansfield Town (postp)
- Salford City v Tranmere Rovers (postp)
- Scunthorpe United v Carlisle United
- Sutton United v Exeter City
- Swindon Town v Northampton Town
- Walsall v Newport County
Watford v Tottenham Hotspur - early team news ...
Tom Cleverley is available for selection after nearly three weeks out with a hamstring injury, but Spanish right-back Kiko Femenia will sit this one out with a hammy issue of his own. With Jeremy Ngakia also a doubt, Juraj Kucka may have to drop back to deputise in the back four. Elsewhere in Watford’s defence, Danny Rose is also out with a knee injury. Ismaila Sarr and Ben Foster are among Watford’s other lame and halt.
Tottenham are without Cristian Romero, Steven Bergwijn and Ryan Sessegnon, who are all absent due to soft tissue injuries. Giovani Lo Celso is expected to be available if required following his return from injury on a day when it has been reported that Juventus have decided they don’t want the Argentinian midfielder in part exchange for their Swedish winger Dejan Kulusevski.
Watford: Claudio Ranieri has insisted Watford have not disrespected the Africa Cup of Nations after Emmanuel Dennis was confirmed as missing the tournament. Nigeria accused Watford of “baring fangs” after confirming the striker had not made their 28-man squad. Read on ...
Tottenham Hotspur: Antonio Conte has warned it will take more than the January transfer window to turn Tottenham into regular top-four contenders again, it says here ...
Saturday clockwatch ...
Happy New Year, one and all! Arsenal and Manchester City got the Premier League ball rolling in 2022, and it’s currently **** at the Emirates, where ....
Covid dictates that we have just one top flight game kicking off at 3pm (other time zones are available) today, which means we’ll be focussing much of our attention on goings-on at Vicarage Road, where relegation-threatened Watford host Tottenham Hotspur.
We’ll also be keeping tabs on the fixtures in the divisions below ahead of Crystal Palace’s match against West Ham later this evening, which you will also be able to follow with Guardian Sport.
