WATFORD, England (Reuters) -American Josh Sargent’s first objectives in English soccer helped Norwich City earn an important 3-0 victory at Watford on Friday, a win that moved Dean Smith’s facet out of the Premier League relegation zone for the primary time this season.
Sargent’s beautiful flicked end six minutes after the break gave the guests the lead as he opened his Premier League account in fashion.
Following a weird break in play as a number of floodlights went out, Sargent’s evening to recollect continued as he drilled in from distance to double his facet’s benefit within the 74th minute.
Watford’s dangerous luck continued as Emmanuel Dennis was despatched off 4 minutes later after gathering his second yellow card.
The hosts’ depressing night was full when Juraj Kucka’s stoppage-time personal purpose handed the guests a 3-0 win.
Norwich’s fourth win of the season lifted them to seventeenth with 16 factors from 22 matches. Watford dropped to 18th, with 14 factors from 20 video games.
“To get my first purpose, after which the second after that was fairly loopy, particularly in such a giant recreation,” Sargent advised Sky Sports.
“It was only a response to place my foot up like that (for first purpose). I knew immediately it was in once I hit it. I can not bear in mind ever scoring a purpose like that. Getting these first objectives will increase my confidence quite a bit.”
While Norwich continued their enchancment underneath Smith, Claudio Ranieri’s Watford stay in freefall.
They are and not using a win in 9 video games in all competitions – incomes only one draw and struggling eight losses in that run. It is their longest spell and not using a victory since December 2013.
Ranieri’s males have now additionally gone 30 Premier League video games and not using a clear sheet, with solely West Bromwich Albion enduring an extended such run within the historical past of the competitors.
“Before the whole lot I wish to express regret to our crowd,” Ranieri advised Sky Sports. “We needed to do one other form of match, we needed to gentle the hearth to our followers and we didn’t do that.
“We had some alternatives to attain a purpose however the first purpose was very unusual. After that we had the time to do one thing higher, we did not do that.”
(Reporting by Peter Hall, modifying by Pritha Sarkar)
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