Watford vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction today

The Reds face the Hornets in Claudio Ranieri’s first game in charge to open this weekend’s Premier League action

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With a deft touch, a roll of the ball with his studs, a dummy and then a sublime finish into the bottom corner, Mohamed Salah produced another goal-of-the-season contender to headline Liverpool’s 5-0 win at Watford in the Premier League on Saturday.

On a tough day for Claudio Ranieri in his first match as Watford manager, Salah delivered almost a replica of his stunning individual goal against Manchester City before the international break to show just why many are calling him the world’s best player on current form.

It also overshadowed a hat trick scored by Roberto Firmino.Salah’s 54th-minute solo goal started just inside the area where he was surrounded by three Watford players. Salah somehow managed to extricate himself out of the situation with marvellous footwork - including the foot-roll that was a feature of the goal against City - before cutting back onto his left foot and curling into the far corner.

The Egypt winger was mobbed by his teammates after his seventh league goal of the season. He has now scored in his last eight games for Liverpool in all competitions.Liverpool was already well clear by then after an eighth-minute opener by Sadio Mane — off Salah’s exquisite pass from off the outside of his left boot — and tap-ins either side of halftime by Firmino. The Brazil striker completed his hat trick with virtually the last kick of the game.

Mane become the 31st player to score 100 Premier League goals, and the third from Africa after Didier Drogba and Salah.Liverpool started the eighth round of games in second place, a point behind Chelsea.The 69-year-old Ranieri, who was hired last week as the replacement for Xisco Munoz, will be judged on games against weaker opponents than Liverpool but this was as one-sided a game as it.

Watford vs Liverpool

• GOAL! Watford 0-1 Liverpool - Mane breaks the deadlock after a sublime Salah pass
• GOAL! Watford 0-2 Liverpool - Firmino doubles the Reds’ lead, tapping in Milner’s square ball
• GOAL! Watford 0-3 Liverpool - Firmino grabs a brace to convert a rebound from Foster’s save
• GOAL! Watford 0-4 Liverpool - Salah hits wonder goal after mesmerising footwork inside box
• GOAL! Watford 0-5 Liverpool - Firmino stabs home from close range to complete hat-trick

[16 October 2021 16:51 · Michael Jones]

GOAL! Aston Villa 2 - 2 Wolves (Coady, 85’)⚽️

85 mins: At Villa Park Wolves have got themselves back on level terms. First Romain Saiss scores in the 80th minute and then Conor Coady pops up in the six yard box to tap home from two-yards. Great comeback from Wolves.

[16 October 2021 16:49 · Michael Jones]

Leicester 3 - 2 Man Utd

86 mins: Pogba chops down Daka and picks up a yellow card. Man Utd are scrambling now, they’re trying to push Leicester back but are getting little succes.

[16 October 2021 16:43 · Michael Jones]

GOAL! Leicester 3 - 2 Man Utd (Vardy, 83’)⚽️

83 mins: What a finish! What an end to this game! It’s an immediate response from the Foxes. From the restart Leicester send the ball over to Castagne on the left wing. He’s taken out by Wan-Bissaka but not before he manages to knock the ball to Perez sprinting forward. He drives into the left side of the box, pulls it back to Vardy and watches as Vardy curls one into the far side of the goal, nestling his effort into the inside side-netting.

[16 October 2021 16:43 · Michael Jones]

GOAL! Leicester 2 - 2 Man Utd (Rashford, 82’)⚽️

82 mins: Rashford makes his return with a goal! It’s shocking defending from Leicester. Lindelof fires a long ball up the pitch as Rashford makes a run behind the lines. The ball drops for him and he takes it into the box before blasting it past Schmeichel to level things for Manchester United.

[16 October 2021 16:42 · Michael Jones]

Leicester 2 - 1 Man Utd

80 mins: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer goes to the bench. Scott McTominay and Jesse Lingard are brought on in place of Mason Greenwood and Nemanja Matic. They face a difficult task to get back in this game now.

[16 October 2021 16:38 · Michael Jones]

GOAL! Leicester 2 - 1 Man Utd (Soyuncu, 78’)⚽️

78 mins: Turnaround! Leicester lead! A Leicester corner is swung into the box and comes to substitute Patson Daka. He lets the ball bounce and hits one on the turn. De Gea gets low and blocks the shot with his left leg but the ball rebounds to Caglar Soyuncu who smashes it into the back of the net from six yards out.

[16 October 2021 16:37 · Michael Jones]

Leicester 1 - 1 Man Utd

75 mins: Ayoze Perez is on for Leicester and he plays a nice through ball to send Vardy in behind the lines. He squares it towards Iheanacho but the offside flag goes up.

Off the post!

Tielemans takes the ball off Pogba in the middle of the pitch and flies up the pitch. He drills one from the edge of the box and focres De Gea in to a sharp save to his right. He gets a solid hand to the ball and pushes it onto the right hand post!

[16 October 2021 16:35 · Michael Jones]

GOAL! Aston Villa 2 - 0 Wolves (McGinn, 68’)

68 mins: John McGinn you beauty. It’s a lovely strike from the Aston Villa midfielder who gets a lucky deflection to beat Jose Sa and give Villa a second.

[16 October 2021 16:33 · Michael Jones]

GOAL! Man City 2 - 0 Burnley (De Bruyne, 70’)⚽️

70 mins: Kevin De Bruyne has double City’s lead at the Etihad. That should be enough to give them all three points.

[16 October 2021 16:31 · Michael Jones]

Leicester 1 - 1 Man Utd

69 mins: Wan-Bissaka brings the ball down the right wing and sends a square pass into the box for Ronaldo but it’s behind the striker and Ricardo clears it.

United recover possession and work it over to Shaw on the left side. His cross into the box is aimed at Ronaldo again but Soyuncu gets a glancing touch on the ball and it hits Ronaldo and bounces out for a goalkick.