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Watford 0-1 Coventry: Gyokeres scores to put an end to the Hornets' winning run
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Viktor Gyokeres celebrates after scoring the only goal as Coventry beat Watford (Steven Paston/PA)
Viktor Gyokeres celebrates after scoring the only goal as Coventry beat Watford (Steven Paston/PA)

Coventry moved clear of the relegation places thanks to a 1-0 win at Watford that ended the Hornets’ three-game winning run.

A goal from Viktor Gyokeres five minutes into the second half turned out to be just enough on a day when Watford had a goal disallowed as well as seeing Ismaila Sarr miss a golden chance.

Coventry, who had beaten Blackburn in midweek, went into the game with former Newcastle owner Mike Ashley emerging as the preferred bidder for the stadium they rent after the company that owns it went into administration.

The game’s first chance fell to City via a swift counter-attack that saw Kasey Palmer play Gyokeres in on the right. The Swede’s shot, though powerful, fizzed wide of Daniel Bachmann’s near post.

The hosts had been building patient attacks of their own but with little end product and the Hornets had Bachmann to thank for tipping over a Gyokeres drive after the striker, unleashed by Jack Burroughs’ pass, had turned defenders in the box.

Watford used a counter-attack to put the ball in the Coventry net after Joao Pedro’s pass had allowed Sarr to set Keinan Davis up for a tap in. It was disallowed, to Watford protests, for a foul by Davis on Kyle McFadzean as he moved into position.

The Hornets were roused and City goalkeeper Ben Wilson had to make a super save to keep out Ken Sema’s free-kick. Wilson had to block from Davis soon after but Sarr scuffed the loose ball wide.

Gyokeres was a one-man menace at the other end, though, and Francisco Sierralta had to slide in to deflect away a goal-bound effort.

Gustavo Hamer side-footed another City chance wide early in the second period but Watford replied with Sema off target in front of goal from Sarr’s delivery.

Someone had to score eventually and it turned out to be Gyokeres in the 50th minute. Palmer’s pass put Jamie Allen into a crossing position on the right and no home defender was near the Swede as he squeezed a first-time shot between Bachmann’s dive and the far post.

Sarr’s glancing header from Sema’s cross eluded the sliding Davis by the barest of margins at the other end but Sarr was guilty of an astonishing miss in the 65th minute.

Hassane Kamara drilled the ball across the box from the left but somehow the Senegal forward managed to fire over an empty net from all of two yards.

Watford needed Hamza Choudhury’s intervention to stop substitute Callum O’Hare setting Gyokeres up for another chance, illegally as it turned out, with Ben Sheaf going close from the free-kick move.

Edo Kayembe fired over at the other end but time ran out for Watford, who saw substitute Joseph Hungbo’s shot tipped round by Wilson and Bachmann go up for stoppage-time corners.

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