Deeney and Deulofeu seal Watford win over West Ham and raise hopes of Europe

It has been more than 30 years since Watford went on their one and only campaign in Uefa competition but maybe it is time to start talking about the prospect of another one? Goals by Troy Deeney and Gerard Deulofeu gave Javi Gracia’s team victory against one of their closest rivals for a European spot this season.

Gracia was a youth-team coach at Villarreal nearly a decade ago when Manuel Pellegrini was the main man at the Spanish club but here the managers came in as the closest of peers, their teams locked together in the table on the same number of points and virtually identical records. This was a chance for one club to open up a gap over the other and both were determined to take it.

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