jota coming on side, 1—0 liverpool. it was a lead that was almost doubled straight after the break, were it not for a quite brilliant defensive watford header. keeping them in the contest, betterfinishing. they may well have been level. indeed it was not until the closing seconds and a second look for the referee for liverpool to finally relax. a penalty put away by fabinho. no victory parade yet, but in the final push, points are all that matter. adam wild, bbc news. the result leaves watford still in the relegation zone, despite giving it a good go at times. it was a match that liverpool boss jurgen klopp felt was tough at times, with the side not quite at their best, following the time off. we could have done better, definitely. but, after being two weeks nearly not together and things like this and the early kick—off, it is really tricky, it is tricky.