Manchester City vs Watford, Swansea vs Tottenham and more: Premier League – as it happened
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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester City v Watford is one of four Premier League matches on another busy night of top-flight action, with Tottenham Hotspur also in action against Swansea. Stay tuned as we bring you every boot and hoof of the ball.
Mauricio Pochettino has left Harry Kane on the bench for Spurs's trip to south Wales with Fernando Llorente leading the line against his old club. Kevin De Bruyne has recovered quickly from what appeared to be a nasty injury against Crystal Palace and starts for City, who host Watford at the Etihad.
Meanwhile Crystal Palace visit Southampton and West Brom head to West Ham with both side in search of valuable points to lift themselves out of the bottom three. Follow all the live action below:
Tuesday's fixtures:
Southampton 19:45 Crystal Palace
Swansea 19:45 Tottenham
West Ham 19:45 West Brom
Manchester City 20:00 Watford
GOAL ALERT! West Ham 2-1 West Brom (Carroll, 90+3)
Andy Carroll wins it at the death for the Hammers!
GOAL! Manchester City 3-1 Watford (Gray)
82' - Watford grab a late consolation goal and it's Andre Gray who gets it, as he turns Andre Carrillo's centre into an empty net.
Full-time scores in the Premier League
We've reached full-time in each of tonight's other three Premier League fixtures. Here are the final scores:
- Southampton 1-2 Crystal Palace
- Swansea 0-2 Spurs
- West Ham 2-1 West Brom
Andy Carroll celebrates with Marko Arnautovic after scoring an injury-time winner for West Ham against West Brom
89' - Raheem Sterling attempts to bag his second goal of the night but his first-time shot after Bernardo Silva's through ball is parried at the near post by Heurelho Gomes.
90+1' - Watford are denied what looks like a clear penalty in injury-time after Roberto Pereyra is brought down in the box by Nicolas Otamendi!
Poor refereeing by Lee Mason.
Full-time - Manchester City 3-1 Watford
The final whistle goes and City return to winning ways after their draw with Crystal Palace on New Year's Eve.
Pep Guardiola's men took a first-minute lead through Raheem Sterling before a Christian Kabasele own-goal ensured City went in at the break 2-0 up.
Sergio Aguero made it 3-0 in the second half before Andre Gray grabbed a late consolation goal for Watford.
Post-match reaction from Pep Guardiola
"We played really well. After dropping two points, we spoke about our reaction because big teams drop points but not too much.
"We made five changes from the last game but it's not our fault. I know here in England the show must go on, but that’s not normal guys. The big bosses should reflect that.
"We’re going to kill the players. The federations don’t think about the players but they have to. They play 11 months in a row. They have to protect them and play with quality and not quantity. We have to think about the artists. But I know it won’t happen.
"Watford scored because they have good players. We will review the action but people can not expect us to win 7-0 every time."
Quotes from BBC Sport
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