Dan Bell: Watford’s slump has started, they’ll be bottom 6 by end of year

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Aaron Mooy is off. Tommy Smith is on for Huddersfield.

Andre Gray is completely unmarked as the ball is crossed into the box from the left but his header is miles off target.

In fact, it was probably closer to going out for a throw-in.

Yves Bissouma just can't hit the target today. He smashes a free-kick into the wall and skies the rebound. Oops.

This is getting silly now. A 1-0 battering for Burnley as James McArthur is denied once more, this time he looks certain to applay a finish to a flowing move but Ben Mee appears from nowhere to make a brilliant block.

It's Newcastle who go close this time though, Fabian Schar with a miscued cross that almost finds its way in at the near post. Well saved!

Jose Holebas swings a testing ball into the box but Kasper Schmeichel comes out confidentially to punch it clear.

Marc Albrighton handles the ball on the right-hand side and is shown a yellow card for stopping the Watford attack.

He's not happy about it.

Paul Ince
Former England midfielder on Final Score

The more Newcastle push, the more you fancy West Ham to get a second goal.

How are Burnley still in this?! Wilfried Zaha is again the architect, hitting a deflected shot which is well saved by Joe Hart, it hits Patrick van Aanholt on the back and loops up towards James McArthur, who hooks it onto the roof of the net.

Palace should be home and dry.

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Just a reminder, Brighton have Glenn Murray on the bench. Late winner? He has scored 19 of Brighton's 48 goals in the Premier League...

Into the last half hour...

Leon Osman
Former Everton midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

Raheem Sterling has been incredible in the last five minutes, he has really pushed this Manchester City team forward. He is running, perfect pass to Danilo who gets on the overlap, takes a touch and shoots. Begovic gets his hands to it but Sterling gets on the end of it. He is in such good form at the moment he wasn't going to miss that one.

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Talking of chances to seal a game... Javier Hernandez should have his second but he can't sort his feet out. Marko Arnautovic had done all of the heavy lifting with a great run and ball down the left but the Mexican missed his shot.

And again! Hernandez now shoots into the side-netting when well placed.

Ricardo Pereira drives through the middle and slips it through for Demarai Gray, who has made a run into the box from the right.

The Leicester winger catches it sweetly but fires it onto the outside of the post. That would have been game over!

Ahhh, horrible strike! Luka Milivojevic is in acres of space at the back post, it's on his left foot and he utterly shanks it across goal. That was a shocker of a connection.

Palace have had chances to rubber stamp the win...

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Yves Bissouma has seen plenty of the ball today and he keeps finding space on the edge of the box. It comes to him again from the left but he drags his shot wide of the keeper's right-hand post.

And both players in that build-up to that chance for Watford are replaced as Gerard Deulofeu and Roberto Pereyra make way for Andre Gray and Troy Deeney.