Watford v Tottenham Hotspur: Premier League – live! – The Guardian, Theguardian.com

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************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** min: PENALTY TO WATFORD!This has warmed them up! Deulofeu latches onto a loose ball, just to the right of the D. Vertonghen slides in, his arm stuck up in the air. Deulofeu’s shot hits it. A no-brainer for Michael Oliver, who points to the spot. VAR will check, of course, but it’ll be given.

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(************************************ (********************************************************(********************************************(******************************************************************************** (************************************************************************************************************************(**************************************************************(****************************************************************** (****************************************************************(************************************************************ The ball is on its way to hit the raised arm of Tottenham Hotspur’s Jan Vertonghen’s. Photograph: David Klein / Reuters

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**************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** min: A pulsating atmosphere at Vicarage Road, despite the slightly dull fare being served up. Plenty of stomping, clapping and chanting. Anything to keep warm on a chilly day.

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**************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** min: Sarr busies himself down the right and nearly gets the better of Tanganga. Not quite, not this time, but he’s been asking quite a few questions down this flank since the restart.

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****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** min: Then Spurs suddenly burst forward, Lamela taking a whack from the edge of the box. The shot is deflected out for a corner, off Dawson’s shoulder. Maybe it brushed the top of his arm, but his arm was in a natural position by his side. Before the corner can be taken, VAR sticks its neb in again, checking for a possible penalty. For goodness sake. No penalty. The resulting corner wasn’t worth waiting for.

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****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** min:After a hectic few minutes, Spurs calm things down by stroking it around the back for a while.

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****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** min: Son breaks down the inside right and looks to send a worldie into the top right. It’s not far away, but it’s also in the stand behind. Not sure Foster was getting that had it been fired right at the postage stamp.

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******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** min:Wahey! It all kicks off, suddenly, out of nothing. Winks and Doucoure tussle, then clash, the pair shoving each other in the intense style. Vertonghen gets involved in the melee and is shoved over for his trouble. He holds his mouth. Has someone taken a dig? Not really. VAR checks for a red, but it’s just a yellow for the initial troublemakers Winks and Doucoure.

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(************************************ (********************************************************(********************************************(************************************************************************************************************************************************************** (**************************************************************** (************************************************************** (************************************************************************************************************************(**************************************************************(**************************************************************** () ****************(************************************************************ Handbags alert! Tottenham Hotspur’s Jan Vertonghen, Watford’s Abdoulaye Doucoure and players from both teams clash. Photograph: David Klein / Reuters (******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

(************************************ (********************************************************(********************************************(************************************************************************************************************** (************************************************************(************************************************************** (************************************************** (**************************************************************** (************************************************************************************************************************(************************************************************ Nathaniel Chalobah of Watford pushed by Spurs’ Toby Alderweireld. Photograph: Michael Zemanek / BPI / Shutterstock

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********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** min:Deeney once again bothers Alderweireld. This time the defender concedes a free kick out on the left. Again the set piece is no good, and Spurs go up the other end, Son nearly breaking clear down the left. Good work by Mariappa and Chalobah puts a stop to his gallop.

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************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************ min: Deeney powers his way down the inside left , through Alderweireld and Aurier, both Spurs men defending hopelessly. Deeney gets a chance to shoot, and aims for the bottom right. The ball takes a deflection off Alderweireld and out for a corner. The set piece comes to nothing, but what dreadful dithering by Tottenham there, Alderweireld and Aurier spinning like teenagers full of Special Brew. They didn’t have a clue what was going on, and Deeney wasn’t in the mood to let them off. No wonder Spurs are having trouble keeping clean sheets.

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(************************************ (********************************************************(********************************************(************************************************************************************************************************** (************************************************************** () ****************************************************************(************************************************************** (************************************************** (**************************************************************** (************************************************************************************************************************(************************************************************ Watford’s Troy Deeney causes problems for Serge Aurier (left) and Toby Alderweireld … Photograph: David Klein / Reuters

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************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** min: Son glides down the right and whips the cross of the day to the far post. Alli makes a perfectly timed run into the area, but sends a less-than-perfect header miles over the bar from close range. Both teams will wonder how they haven’t scored in this second half. Both teams should have.

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**************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** min: Sarr waltzes past Tanganga as though the young man was not there. He earns a corner, Chalobah wastes it by hoofing it over everyone in the box.

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****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** min:Another decent chance. forWatford. Capoue swings one in from from the right. Deeney heads down for Sarr, who slices a weak effort wide right from six yards. Much better from the hosts since the restart.

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****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** min:Another stat : Spurs haven’t won a match in the league this season when they’ve been level at half-time.

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******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** min:What a chance to open the scoring. For those hoping for a second-half goalfest, a worry: Spurs haven’t scored in the league since Harry Kane’s injury. On the other hand, in his last league games, since the summer of (********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************, Mourinho and his teams have kept just three clean sheets. So it’s swings and roundabouts.

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We’re off again!Spurs get the ball rolling. Within seconds of the restart, Sarr makes good down the right and finds Doucoure on the edge of the six-yard box. Somehow, with the goal at his mercy, Doucoure scuffs a shot into the side netting. To be fair, Gazzaniga had made himself large.

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Half-time entertainment.

Liverpool v Manchester United isn’t the only super showdown tomorrow. Here’s Suzanne Wrack on Chelsea’s must-win trip to Arsenal in the WSL.

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It’ll be better in the second half. It has to be.

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********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** min 1:In the first of two added minutes, there’s a bit of space for Sarr down the right. The ball drops towards Chalobah. Aurier flicks a header clear just in time.

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********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** min:So having said that, the game goes totally flat. Half-time, please!

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************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************ (min:Chalobah, to the right of the D, dinks a diagonal ball into the box. Deeney guides a header towards the top left, but Gazzaniga is all over it. The game is finally opening up. A shame the half-time whistle is coming soon.

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