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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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John Brewin at Vicarage Road

Norwich’s Josh Sargent doubles up on a dark night for Ranieri and Watford

Josh Sargent scores Norwich’s opening goal with a back-heel volley off the underside of the crossbar to stun Watford.
Josh Sargent scores Norwich’s opening goal with a back-heel volley off the underside of the crossbar to stun Watford. Photograph: Nick Potts/PA

Have the lights gone out on Watford and Claudio Ranieri? Norwich’s American, Josh Sargent, scored two fine goals, the first a piece of volleyed improvisation, the second a header before Juraj Kucka’s late own goal, pulled Norwich out of the bottom three. Watford fell into the drop zone for the first time this season and will stay there if their display here is anything to go by.

A match that embraced farce, including some desperately poor play, the Watford striker Emmanuel Dennis being sent off with the game already lost and a lengthy floodlight failure that came between Sargent’s goals, offered damning evidence why both teams are where they are.

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