This snarl of a game was deep into stoppage time when Luka Milivojevic swung over one last hopeful corner kick and, with the majority in the arena anxiously holding their breath, Joel Ward leapt unchallenged into the six-yard box only to head wide of the post. The locals’ outpouring of relief at the miss was almost as deafening as the raucous delight which greeted the final whistle moments later.
Watford’s pristine start to the season is maintained and, with their first three top-flight games won for the first time in their history, only goal difference is keeping them off the top. They will have taken particular pleasure in this scalp given how feisty meetings with Crystal Palace, and brushes with Wilfried Zaha in particular, have become in recent years.
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