Emmanuel Dennis’ Effort Not Enough to Earn Watford Point

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Nigerian international, Emmanuel Dennis scored last night for Watford as Chelsea battled to a hard fought 2-1 win to retain their leadership of the English Premier League.

The Super Eagles forward’s scored with a shot that deflected off Antonio Rudiger to equalize Chelsea’s opener by Mason Mount.

The game was halted for 32 minutes because of a medical emergency in the crowd.

Both sets of players left the pitch early in the first half while the fan, who had suffered cardiac arrest, was stabilised.

When they returned, Mason Mount gave the Blues the lead in the 29th minute with a first-time finish at the end of a lovely move involving Marcos Alonso and Kai Havertz.

Dennis then equalized for Watford when Ruben Loftus-Cheek lost possession and Moussa Sissoko set up the Nigerian who scored with the deflected shot.

But having scored his side’s first, Mount then set up the winner by providing the pass for substitute Hakim Ziyech to fire past Daniel Bachmann.

Elsewhere, Liverpool increased the scrutiny on former manager Rafael Benitez as they cruised to an easy 4-1 Merseyside derby win over Everton at Goodison Park.

Jurgen Klopp’s side had won only once on their previous nine visits to Everton but a blistering start put them in cruise control as Jordan Henderson scored with a composed finish after nine minutes before setting Mohamed Salah clear to beat Jordan Pickford 10 minutes later

Everton, having been outclassed for the first half, gave themselves hope when Demarai Gray ran onto Richarlison’s pass to beat Alisson seven minutes before the break.