Second-half substitute Andre Gray scores the winner to send Watford into the FA Cup semi-finals with victory over Crystal Palace.
Second-half substitute Andre Gray scored two minutes after coming on to send Watford into the FA Cup semi-finals with victory over Crystal Palace at Vicarage Road.
Javi Gracia's Watford have now beaten Palace three times this season, having done the double over them in the Premier League.‘What an impact!’ - substitute Gray puts Watford ahead against Crystal Palace It was the Spanish forward who tested Vincente Guaita in the Palace goal first, wriggling his way into space before firing off a powerful shot as the hosts dominated the opening exchanges.
But after that they regained control and Gray netted their winner shortly after coming on - finishing with aplomb after Pereyra had found him in space in the middle of the box.An emotional Heurelho Gomes led the full-time celebrations at Vicarage Road, with the 38-year-old goalkeeper, who is set to retire at the end of the season, perhaps eyeing one last hurrah.
Gomes was forced into a good diving save by Max Meyer early in the second half, before the Brazilian easily dealt with Andros Townsend's swerving free-kick. The Eagles were weakened by losing Wilfried Zaha to an hamstring injury he picked up in last weekend's defeat by Brighton, but Hodgson is optimistic the forward will return to full fitness in time for their Premier League match against Huddersfield after the international break."We don't really want to go into an important quarter-final without players of his ability and his importance. So that was a bit unfortunate as, of course, has been the Mamadou Sakho injury.
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