Sunday Mirror

Sarr provides

- By RON LEWIS at Vicarage Road

VLADIMIR IVIC told his Watford players to start controllin­g games after they came from behind finally to kill off Coventry.

Ismaila Sarr grabbed the winner from the penalty spot in the 84th minute after a thrilling second half of five goals, including a remarkable 20-yard header by Coventry’s Gustavo Hamer.

It was one of two Coventry goals in as many minutes that had turned the game on its head.

But Hornets boss Ivic believes his team should have had a less stressful afternoon.

“We are an experience­d team and we need to know how to control a result,” Ivic said. “It is not the first time we have scored and the opponents come back.

“It’s a psychologi­cal problem we have and we need to fix it.”

After a tepid first half, Watford went in front in the 54th minute as Ken Sema’s low cross was turned in by Andre Gray after Leo Ostigard made a hash of clearing it.

Hamer levelled the scores in the 64th minute as he arrived at pace to head the ball goalwards from distance, catching the home keeper Ben Foster off his line.

“He definitely meant it,”

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