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England duty, and came on to take his place.

Then it was Watford’s turn to catch the injury bug as Miguel Britos limped off to be replaced by Christian Kabasele.

But it didn’t seem to hinder the home side, who limited Liverpool to just one comfortably-saved long-range shot from Can for 40 minutes.

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But Watford were given a warning of Liverpool’s firepower when Lallana rattled the crossbar with a brilliant firsttime volley after Watford only halfcleared a James Milner corner, but the ball bounced down and away to safety.

Klopp was then chuckling when Lucas received a yellow card for diving, but replays showed referee Craig Pawson was right.

Then, out of nowhere, a goal of real beauty. No one saw it coming when Lucas swung in a looping cross in firsthalf stoppage time.

But Can rose highest and hit it sweet as you like to score with a spectacular over- head kick, before racing off to celebrate by sliding on his knees towards Klopp in the dug-out.

If that was the jolt Watford needed to come alive in this game, they ignored it.

First Milner forced Heurelho Gomes into a diving save with a free-kick from the left. Then it was Divock Origi’s turn to test the Watford keeper’s reflexes.

Watford finally tested Simon Mignolet on 68 minutes when Etienne Capoue hit one from 20 yards. The Belgian keeper tipped it over but referee Pawson gave a goal-kick, which resulted in Capoue being booked for his protests.

In injury time Sebastian Prodl hit the bar for Watford but Liverpool hung on. WATFORD (3-5-2): Gomes; Mariappa, Britos, Prodl; Amrabat, Cleverley, Capoue, Doucoure, Janmaat; Niang, Deeney. Subs: Success, Zuniga, Behrami, Kabasele, Pantilimon, Okaka, Eleftheriou. LIVERPOOL (4-3-3): Mignolet; Clyne, Matip, Lovren, Milner; Can, Lucas, Wijnaldum; Firmino, Coutinho, Origi. Subs: Karius, Sturridge, Grujic, Klavan, Moreno, Lallana, Alexander-Arnold. Referee: Craig Pawson.