West Bromwich Albion 1-1 Watford: Ismaila Sarr scores from own half & misses penalty

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Ismaila Sarr scored a spectacular chip from his own half but later saw a penalty saved as Watford drew at West Bromwich Albion despite being second-best for most of the match.

The Senegal forward opened the scoring in some style - taking down a clearance, nudging the ball out of his feet and lifting it over a stranded David Button from a yard or two further than the halfway line.

It came against the run of play and West Brom continued to dominate until Grady Diangana's fine lofted pass found Karlan Grant, who took the ball down excellently before finishing from close-range.

Watford remained on the back foot for much of the second half and arguably should have won, but Sarr's tame spot-kick was easily saved by Button after he was brought down by Semi Ajayi.

More to follow.

Line-ups

West Brom

Formation 4-2-3-1

1Button
2FurlongBooked at 69minsSubstituted forPhillipsat 90+1'minutes
6Ajayi
4O'Shea
3Townsend
14MolumbyBooked at 45mins
8LivermoreSubstituted forYokusluat 78'minutes
17J Wallace
19Swift
11DianganaSubstituted forReachat 88'minutes
18Grant

Substitutes

5Bartley
7Robinson
10Phillips
20Reach
24Palmer
27Mowatt
35Yokuslu

Watford

Formation 3-4-2-1

1Bachmann
27KabaseleBooked at 74mins
31SierraltaSubstituted forTroost-Ekongat 83'minutes
15Cathcart
14KamaraSubstituted forPérez Martínezat 77'minutes
8Cleverley
39Kayembe
12Sema
23SarrSubstituted forGoslingat 90+5'minutes
25DennisSubstituted forManajat 83'minutes
10João Pedro

Substitutes

3Pérez Martínez
5Troost-Ekong
9Manaj
16Gosling
18Asprilla
20Quina
26Hamer

Referee:Tim Robinson

Attendance:22,365

Live Text

Match ends, West Bromwich Albion 1, Watford 1.
Second Half ends, West Bromwich Albion 1, Watford 1.
Substitution, Watford. Dan Gosling replaces Ismaïla Sarr.
Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by João Pedro.
Okay Yokuslu (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Rey Manaj (Watford).
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Matt Phillips replaces Darnell Furlong.
Dara O'Shea (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Rey Manaj (Watford).
Conor Townsend (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Rey Manaj (Watford).
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Adam Reach replaces Grady Diangana because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Semi Ajayi (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jed Wallace with a cross following a corner.
Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by William Troost-Ekong.
Substitution, Watford. Rey Manaj replaces Emmanuel Dennis.
Substitution, Watford. William Troost-Ekong replaces Francisco Sierralta because of an injury.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Okay Yokuslu replaces Jake Livermore.
Karlan Grant (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Christian Kabasele (Watford).
Substitution, Watford. Mario Gaspar replaces Hassane Kamara.