Watford vs Arsenal final score: Gunners superior in entertaining match

Watford vs Arsenal was exciting from the first minute but rarely looked likely to be anything but a win for the visitors at Vicarage Road, as the Gunners claimed a 3-2 win on Sunday.

Bukayo Saka had a goal and an assist, Martin Odegaard and Gabriel Martinelli also scored, and Alexandre Lacazette had two assists in a wide-open affair.

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Watford had a goal chalked offside after 25 seconds and had the score 1-1 through Cucho Hernandez in the 11th minute, but Arsenal reclaimed the lead in the 30th and did not look bothered until Hernandez assisted the Gunners’ ex-North London derby rival Moussa Sissoko in the 87th minute.

Arsenal moves into fourth place on 48 points before fifth-place Manchester United (47 points) visits Man City in a late morning derby. Watford stays on 19 points, three points shy of the bottom three.

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Watford 2, Arsenal 3

Goals scored: Hernandez (11′), Odegaard (5′), Saka (30′), Martinelli (52′), Sissoko (87′)

Shots: Watford 12, Arsenal 16

Shots on target: Watford 6, Arsenal 4

Possession: Watford 42, Arsenal 58

1. Free (maybe too free) Gunners are worthy winners: Arsenal left chances around for Watford to collect from the first half-minute onward, but only because they were enjoying their attack. Sissoko’s late goal forced the Gunners to tighten up and it provided a bit of a nervy ending, but only a bit. This looked a lot like the Arsenal we watched in the later stages of Arsene Wenger’s career, but before it went off the rails: Fun and unbothered but also closer to the edge than any Gooner would like for their match day.

2. Hodgson’s men open it up: Watford didn’t quite deserve a point but it gave plenty of hope to Roy Hodgson and the home