A game that started with Watford’s supporters deriding their team’s chances of starting next season in the Premier League ended with them revelling in the thought of an unlikely escape. Roy Hodgson chalked up his second win in charge to move level on points with Everton, who remain outside the relegation zone on goal difference, and though the obvious caveat that the teams directly above and below them are armed with games in hand stands, on this evidence Watford’s race is not yet run.
Cucho Hernández scored twice as Southampton suffered a third straight defeat, with Mohamed Elyounoussi’s strike before half-time failing to ignite a fightback.
