Gerard Deulofeu the tiny mouse arrives with a mighty roar for Watford | Simon Burnton


Demoted to the bench the Spaniard came on to provide a thing of beauty for his first goal and the winner in extra time

As a manager you know it is definitely, undoubtedly and incontrovertibly your day when you are faced with one major selection decision, get it demonstrably wrong and then win the game because of it.

Troy Deeney, Watford’s captain and frequently their inspiration, is known for giving occasional sermons about “cojones”, and once again proved his qualifications for delivering them by rocketing home the penalty in the fourth minute of added time that completed his team’s comeback from two goals down. Gerard Deulofeu, the slight, wispy Spaniard who scored their other two goals, is not so much the chest-thumping, fist-pumping type, but this was the story of the mouse that roared.

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