When Watford conceded an almost comical own goal to Oxford United in the third minute on Saturday, it wasn’t greeted with chants of: “you’re getting sacked in the morning”.

Those chants had greeted Paulo Pezzolano after the Hornets had gone 1-0 down in their previous two games. But having beaten Hull City after Oli McBurnie’s opener and drawn with Portsmouth following Yang Min-hyeok putting them ahead, perhaps the fans were feeling a little more charitable.

Indeed, Jeremy Ngakia’s double secured a relatively comfortable 2-1 win in which Watford had 22 shots, 10 of which on target, and most of the Vicarage Road crowd went home happy having taken seven out of nine points, and you couldn’t blame Pezzolano for singing along to the Elton John classic “I’m Still Standing” blasting out from the

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