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By Joseph Ayinde
Watford moved four points clear of the bottom three as a 4-1 win over 10-man Manchester United gave Claudio Ranieri a first home win as head coach.
It looked like it might not be their day as Ismaila Sarr was twice denied when Watford won an early penalty. His first spot-kick was converted on the rebound by Kiko Femenia but a retake was awarded due to encroachment, with David De Gea diving to his left a second time to thwart the Senegalese.
But Watford took a 28th-minute lead as Joshua King turned in an Emmanuel Dennis cutback from the left.
Sarr made it 2-0 on 44 minutes with a brilliant finish after being teed up by Femenia.
Donny van de Beek, one of two half-time changes, took only four minutes to pull a goal back as he tapped in after Cristiano Ronaldo headed Jadon Sancho’s ball back across goal.
But the visitors’ hopes of a fightback were hit when Harry Maguire was shown a second yellow card for a challenge on Tom Cleverley.
Ronaldo was brilliantly denied an equaliser by Ben Foster before stoppage-time strikes by substitute Joao Pedro and Dennis sealed a Watford victory.
Man Utd drop to seventh with 17 points, five behind fourth-placed Liverpool and four more than 16th-placed Watford.
