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limped off – and his replacement was quickly into the action at the start of the second half.

Roberto Pereyra swung in a free-kick and Deeney met it first time to force Leno into a fine fingertip save.

At the other end Lacazette mistimed a header from a ball from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and sent it well wide – to groans from the home fans.

But Watford came on strong with Pereyra turning Lucas Torreira inside out and then curling a shot past Leno that drifted just wide of the post.

Rob Holding did well to react and get in his body in the way of a shot from Hornets substitute Isaac Success which looked for all the world like it was destined for the back of the net.

Success then failed to live up to his name when he was played clean through by Deeney and beat Leno with a chip but his effort just nicked off the far post. They had been well on top but Watford were left to rue a crazy two-minute spell when it all went wrong for them. First Iwobi swung in a cross which Cathcart deflected into his own net under pressure from Lacazette. Then the striker turned provider as he exchanged passes with Iwobi before crossing for Ozil to tap in No.2. Watford manager Gracia said: “What can I say today? I am very upset for my players because I think they deserved more, a better result.

“We had a very good performance.

“We had more shots on target, a lot of clear chances to score. But if you don’t score you can lose. We try to improve. We are competing really well. The players are frustrated.” MESUT OZIL has now scored in three of his last four games for Arsenal – the recent run coming after a barren spell that saw him draw a blank in 16 games stretching back to February this year.