Good evening and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE text commentary of Watford and Liverpool at a wet Vicarage Road. With fellow top-four contenders Manchester United, Manchester City and Arsenal all dropping points, Sunday couldn't have gone any better for the Reds - but can they capitalise? Their form against teams in the bottom half of the table suggests not, but Watford were rank bad in their last game - a 2-0 defeat to 10-man Hull. Let's wait and see the outcome, eh? Kick-off is at 20:00.

Premier League / Matchday 35

Vicarage Road Stadium / 01.05.2017

Watford

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Liverpool

E. Can(45+2')

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ByDan Quarrell

Updated 01/05/2017 at 20:54 GMT

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Highlights

End of 2nd Half

FULL-TIME: A goal of the season contender from Emre Can allows Liverpool to tighten their grip on a top-four place with a 1-0 victory over Watford at Vicarage Road.

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90'+5

CROSSBAR! Oh my, Watford are desperately close to grabbing an equaliser! Liverpool can only partially clear from a free-kick and the loose ball eventually falls to Prodl whose shot smacks off the woodwork and bounces clear.

90'+4

But they still have some defending to do as Watford win a free-kick...

90'+3

'You'll Never Walk Alone' rings around Vicarage Road. Liverpool fans know their team are seconds away from recording a priceless victory.

90'+1

Four minutes of additional time to be played at the end of this one.

90'

WONDERFUL SAVE! Sturridge wins the ball in midfield and a burst of pace allows him past two challenges before shooting low and hard but Gomes does remarkably well to push the ball around the post.

88'

Matip forces a Liverpool corner and the visitors will likely play this one short with only two minutes of normal time to play.

87'

LIVERPOOL SUB: Jurgen Klopp goes defensive in a bid to hold on to this crucial lead as Lallana is replaced by Ragnar Klavan.

R. Klavan

Liverpool

Off

A. Lallana

Liverpool

Hit Post / Hit Bar1

Wide1

86'

Watford win a free-kick which Cleverley pumps towards the back post and finds Prodl but the defender's header is never going on target.

85'

WATFORD SUB: Stefano Okaka replaces Amrabat.

S. Okaka Chuka

Watford

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N. Amrabat

Watford

Blocked Shots1

Fouls against1

84'

LIVERPOOL SUB: Sturridge makes his return from injury as he replaces Origi for the last five minutes.

D. Sturridge

Liverpool

Off

D. Origi

Liverpool

On target2

Fouls1

Fouls against2

82'

SAVE! Janmaat attempts an effort from 25 yards and it almost catches Mignolet off guard but he does just enough to push it away. The goalkeeper may have seen it late but that was close.

81'

Mignolet has looked quite assured at set-pieces this evening and he does well to gather Cleverley's corner delivery.

80'

Success drives forward on the channel as Watford search for an equaliser but Matip does well to block his attempted cross. Corner to follow...

78'

Klopp looks on anxiously from the sidelines. His side are just over 10 minutes from a claiming a crucial victory in the chase for a top-four place.

75'

SO CLOSE! Janmaat loses the ball from the corner and the Reds launch a rapid counter-attack with Can squaring a pass to Lallana who somehow puts the ball wide with only the goalkeeper to beat.

74'

A long throw-in comes into the box which Lucas is forced to put behind for a Watford corner. The Liverpool midfielder feels he was being pushed by Deeney and makes his case to Craig Pawson.

72'

WATFORD SUB: The Hornets make their second change of the game with Success replacing Capoue.

I. Success

Watford

Off

É. Capoue

Watford

On target1

Yellow Cards1

Fouls1

Free Kicks1

71'

Deeney is picked out in acres of space at the back post but the linesman raises his flag for offside. Replays show the Watford striker was being played onside by Lovren who had taken a nap.

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