The brace took his tally for the season to 14 goals in 25 League games this season for the team he joined for a transfer fee in the region of $ 23.3 m from English Premier
League side Watford in January.
Premier
League side Watford have beaten Liverpool to the signing of Spanish international, Mario Suarez, according to reports from Spanish newspaper AS.
Not exact matches
Elneny has got that one goal against Barcelona but in the Premier
League he has not really showed that
side of his game and he actually had a bit of a shocker in front of goal during the FA cup defeat by
Watford.
There have been two big questions for Arsenal fans this week as Arsene Wenger and the players prepared for the Premier
League home game against Hull City with the need to bounce back quickly and put the disappointment of losing to
Watford and Chelsea to one
side.
We come into the match on the back of four consecutive Premier
League wins, but face a tough trip to Turf Moor today, where Burnley have not lost in three, including two 2 - 0 wins over in - form Liverpool and
Watford sides.
The gap between the Gunners and the
league leaders Chelsea had stretched to a massive and daunting looking 12 points after we lost back to back games against
Watford and the Blues themselves, but Sean Dyche and his Burnley
side did us a big favour today by holding Chelsea to a draw at Turf Moor, or did they?
In Arsenal's last away
League game we managed to score five past a previously unbeaten Leicester
side, but our trip up to
Watford could prove to be even more difficult.
Huddersfield host
Watford in the Premier
League this weekend with both
sides needing three points for Premier
League safety.
This is the stuff we saw when Arsenal were up against a good quality champions
league side or a determined Stoke or
Watford that were able to nullify and frustrate us, causing us to panic and lose our heads and ideas.
Although Arsenal won in the Europa
League on Thursday, they are still on a run of four defeats domestically, which has not happened under Arsene Wenger since 2002 and the
Watford defender Daryl Janmaat says his
side can take advantage of that pressure and get a positive result against Wenger's men.
The team waiting for us is a Premier
League outfit in
Watford and they have proved this season that they are a good
side, but there were harder
sides still in the draw and the most important part of the draw is that it would be another home tie.
Arsenal have won the last seven consecutive
league encounters between our two
side, with
Watford winning the eighth one back in 1988, but will be able to take a little confidence from their cup win over us last season, which I have to say, they deserved.
When I say chestnuts, that is not a literal translation of the Spanish word used by Arsenal's tormentor in chief Troy Deeney in an interview after his
Watford side had stunned us with two late goals to complete a dramatic turnaround in our Premier
League clash.
Southampton arrived at this stage by beating Championship
side Fulham plus
Watford, West Brom, and finally Wigan, of
League One.
Watford have made no secret of their promotion ambitions this season but Jokanovic said: «We must show if we are a Premier
League side or not.
Manchester City's Sergio Aguero, right, taps in his
side's second goal against
Watford during their English Premier
League soccer match at Vicarage Road in
Watford, England.
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Watford's Richarlison has scored in the 90th minute in back - t0 - back Premier
League games, earning his
side an additional three points in the process.
Devastating for
Watford but ecstasy for Spurs as the North London
side move up to 3rd in the Premier
League table after Son's late winner.
Jürgen Klopp's
side visit Vicarage Road, starting a run which sees
Watford travel to champions Leicester City, Everton and leaders Chelsea before hosting a Manchester City
side who could need points to secure Champions
League qualification o...
Rojo made his return from injury playing for the U23; s, gaining some much - needed match fitness, then returning in the UEFA Champions
League against Basel, following that with another good performance in the 4 - 2 victory over
Watford in the Premier
League on Tuesday evening, conceding a penalty in the second half which saw the home
side score twice in seven minutes.
Manchester City secured an automatic passage into the Champions
League group stages this afternoon with a 5 - 0 win over a hopeless
Watford side who gave outgoing coach Walter Mazzarri a forgettable send - off.
Furthermore, eight
sides have already won more points on the road this season than the Gunners (Man City, Chelsea, Man Utd, Liverpool, Burnley,
Watford, Leicester and Spurs), while only once in Premier
League history have they won few than nine points from their first nine away games (eight, 2005 - 06).
With 5 goals and 5 assists in the Premier
League already this season, Richarlison has made an instant impact for
Watford since joining in the Summer from Brazillian
side, Fluminense.
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Things are not going well at the Bridge and this is one tough game against high flying Marco Silva's
Watford who can beat any top
side in the
league on their day.
Antonio Conte will be desperate to see his
side get back to winning ways against a
Watford side that sit two points above Chelsea in the Premier
League table.
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side of that derby success were emphatic
league wins as well, first away to Millwall (0 - 6) before putting
Watford to the sword at home (3 - 0).
The Cherries are the only
side in the Championship now who can deny
Watford, who have already secured automatic promotion, from winning the
league.
While such a ruthless rout of Arsenal will raise expectations around Liverpool, it followed an underwhelming start to the
league campaign that saw Juergen Klopp's
side draw the opener at
Watford then claim a narrow win at Crystal Palace.
The 6 - 0 loss to a rampant Manchester City
side at home, when arguably their best three centre backs were out injured, was
Watford's first
league defeat of the campaign, having won two of their opening four Premier League fixtures and picking up
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League fixtures and picking up
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A host of top European
sides have been linked with the 22 - year - old and most recently a couple of more ambitious teams lower down the Premier
League, including
Watford, have also looked into making Boufal one of their major signings this summer.
Watford, with Premier
League safety assured, fielded a weakened
side due to their approaching FA Cup semi-final appearance with Crystal Palace.
Watford are on a five - match losing streak in the Premier
League at the moment, but gave a good account themselves in a 3 - 2 loss at Chelsea in midweek, albeit against a much - changed Blues
side.
Pep Guardiola's men will go up against a tough Liverpool
side who have showed no sign of stopping yet as they have so far picked 7 points in three Premier
League game's after dropping points in the first league game of the season against Wa
League game's after dropping points in the first
league game of the season against Wa
league game of the season against
Watford.
Watford 3 - 1 Manchester United — Septemebr 2016 [English Premier
League 216 - 17 season] 34 ′ 1 — 0 Etienne Capoue scores from the edge of the box after a nice cut back from the right
side.