Premier League as it happened: Liverpool vs Watford and more
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Your support makes all the difference.Another weekend, another programme of Premier League football to get stuck into. Today there are just four league games on offer – with a further two FA Cup fixtures, which you can follow here – with Liverpool vs Watford the final game of the day.
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Saturday’s Premier League fixtures:
Bournemouth 2-1 West Brom
Huddersfield 0-2 Crystal Palace
Stoke 1-2 Everton
Liverpool 17:30 Watford
60' - Joe Gomez whips a lovely cross in towards Roberto Firmino in the penalty area but the Brazilian can't quite make enough contact with his header and the ball travels wide of the far post.
68' - This second half has followed a similar pattern to the first.
An early goal followed by a lengthy spell of boring football.
Watford obviously aren't getting back into this game so shall we just call it a day, lads?
70' - Stefano Okaka replaces Troy Deeney for Watford, while Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Gini Wijnaldum for Liverpool.
Watford's Adrian Mariappa vies for the ball with Liverpool's Sadio Mane
76' - Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain tries his luck from distance but his effort is straight down the throat of Orestis Karnezis, who makes a comfortable save.
GOAL! Liverpool 4-0 Watford (Salah, 77)
It's Mo Salah's first hat-trick for Liverpool!
The Egyptian collects the ball in the box from Sadio Mane before jinking past a couple of Watford defenders and slotting a cool finish into the bottom corner.
That's 35 goals for the season in all competitions!
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