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While Watford would possibly end up being for another Premier League season, coach Nigel Pearson won’t be in the game if that happens.
After firing their boss with only two games remaining in the campaign, the Hornets face a big check on Tuesday night against Manchester City.
While there’s a smart chance that Pearson won’t live up to Watford (8-10-18) next season, whatever department they’d call home, it’s a somewhat appealing move to see him fired in the last week of the tournament. Unprecedented Premier League campaign.
The Hornets are ranked 17th, 3-way and after a 3–1 loss to West Ham United on Friday that thwarted their third attempt to win directly.
Under-23 coach Hayden Mullins will succeed Pearson, who has won seven games as Watford’s third manager this season following the departures of Javi Gracia and Quique Sánchez Flores. Apart from this off-field drama, the fact is that Watford will have to concentrate on a forged winger opposite city and Arsenal in his last two matches, a complicated task given the caliber of his opponents.
“We can’t start feeling sorry for ourselves,” midfielder Will Hughes told Watford’s official website. “We still have two important matches where we have to score points, so we have to raise our heads. We’ll have to be fine by Tuesday.”
The Hornets certainly were not right when they faced Man City (24-3-9) in the reverse fixture on Sept. 21. Bernardo Silva had a hat trick, Kevin De Bruyne posted a goal with two assists and Riyad Mahrez recorded one of each during City’s 8-0 devastation of Watford.
City, who sits at the moment in the closed league, will have their fourth consecutive victory in the high end, but fell 2-0 to Arsenal in the FA Cup this weekend. Although the Citizens have finished with the FA Cup, and soon the Premier League, the Champions League awaits in August.
“We still have two league games left to play, then we’ll have a big match (from the Champions League) against Madrid,” midfielder Ilkay Gundogan told City’s official website. “We have to do it quite temporarily because we don’t have much time. Array… We need to check it out to do our best.”
De Bruyne has scored in his last two matches in all competitions against Watford.
Watford’s Troy Deeney has scored 3 of his goals this season in his last two Premier League games.