Watford score two late goals to beat United and pile pressure on Mourinho

ByEurosport

Updated 18/09/2016 at 14:19 GMT

Premier League, Vicarage Road: Watford 3 (Capoue 34', Zúniga 83', Deeney 90' pen) Manchester United 1 (Rashford 62')

Watford's Juan Camilo Zuniga celebrates scoring their second goal

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Watford scored two late goals as they beat Manchester United 3-1 and piled more pressure on manager Jose Mourinho.

Juan Camilo Zuniga scored with his first touch of the game in the 83rd minute before Troy Deeney slotted home a penalty.

Watford had taken the lead through Etienne Capoue in the 34th minute before Marcus Rashford scrambled to ball home midway through the second half.

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However, Zuniga, who came on in the 83rd minute to replace Capoue, slotted home a nicely worked move, and Deeney scored from the spot after Marouane Fellaini had fouled in the area.

It means Watford won their third match on the trot - while United have now lost three in row.

Watford's Troy Deeney celebrates scoring their third goal

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Mourinho will be under huge pressure with his team now six points behind league leaders Manchester City.

TALKING POINT

How long is the Rooney midfield experiment going to last? It’s not working, his set pieces were dire and wasteful. In fact, there's surely a case to argue that Rooney shouldn't be in the team at all - regardless of his armband-holding status.

Manchester United's Wayne Rooney remonstrates with referee Michael Oliver

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MAN OF THE MATCH

Troy Deeney (Watford). To be fair, any one of about half a dozen Watford players would have deserved this today, but Deeney gets the nod for leading his team so well as well as leading the line - plus his nerveless conversation of that injury-time penalty.

PLAYER RATINGS

Watford: Gomes 9, Cathcart 8, Prödl 9, Britos 8, Janmaat 8, Pereyra 8, Behrami 8, Capoue 9, Holebas 9, Deeney 9, Ighalo 9. Subs: Pantilimon, Zuniga 8, Kenedy, Watson, Amrabat 8, Guedioura, Success 8.

Manchester United's English striker Marcus Rashford (C) turns after scoring during the English Premier League football match between Watford and Manchester United at Vicarage Road Stadium in Watford, north of London on September 18, 2016.

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Man Utd: De Gea 8, Valencia 7, Smalling 6, Bailly 5, Shaw 6, Pogba 6, Fellaini 6, Rashford 7, Rooney 5, Martial 5, Ibrahimovic 6. Subs: Romero, Blind, Carrick, Herrera, Young 6, Mata 5, Memphis 5.

KEY MOMENTS

13’ WHAT?! That's an open goal that Ighalo's missed! David De Gea's raced out and failed to collect the ball, running into Smalling instead, and Ighalo, with the entire goal at his mercy, hits the advertising hoardings.

17’ SAVE! Great header from Troy Deeney off Janmaat's cross, and David De Gea reaches his nearest arm to deflect that away.

31’ CLOSE! Pogba's dipping shot strikes the crossbar. That's the best chance United have had.

34’ GOAL FOR WATFORD! Martial is challenged on the right by Britos, and remains flat on his face as Janmaat puts the cross in - Capoue is unmarked on the edge of the box and smacks that in. Well worked goal.

62’ GOAL FOR UNITED! Rashford scrambles it in as the ball pings about in the penalty area.

79’ SAVE! Great save from Gomes! He parries Ibrahimovic's header from a brilliant weighted pass courtesy of Fellaini on the left.

Manchester United's Paul Pogba clashes with Watford's Troy Deeney as Etienne Capoue interjects

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83’ GOAL FOR WATFORD! And a beautifully worked one too! Amrabat and Pereyra combine exquisitely, and Zuniga is unmarked, striking home in the box to the far corner.

90’+4 GOAL FOR WATFORD! Troy Deeney smacks the penalty home, and that's three points for his team.