Man City vs Watford LIVE: Premier League result and reaction after Gabriel Jesus scores four

Follow live reaction after Man City thrashed Watford to extend their advantage in the Premier League title race

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Four goals from Gabriel Jesus earned Manchester City a 5-1 win over relegation-threatened Watford on Saturday, a victory that moved Pep Guardiola’s side four points clear at the top of the Premier League standings.

With title rivals Liverpool not in action until Sunday against Everton, City were overwhelming favourites to put Watford to the sword at the Etihad Stadium, with a double from Jesus’ putting them 2-0 in front inside 24 minutes.

Watford then briefly threatened to make a game of it as French defender Hassane Kamara’s first goal in English football five minutes later brought the visitors to within one of City. However, a stunning strike from Rodri restored City’s two-goal advantage in the 34th minute before Jesus completed his first Premier League hat-trick early in the second half after converting from the penalty spot.

Not done there, the 25-year-old tapped home his fourth in the 53rd minute to complete the rout. City took their foot off the gas from there on in, with Tuesday’s Champions League semi final first-leg against Real Madrid in mind.

The comprehensive victory moved champions City on to 80 points from 33 matches played, four clear of Liverpool ahead of Sunday’s Merseyside derby, while Watford head towards relegation, sitting 19th seven points from safety.

Man City vs Watford Premier League updates

• Manchester City beat Watford in the Premier League
• Gabriel Jesus puts City ahead before heading home second
• Hassane Kamara pulls one back for Watford
• Rodri restores two-goal advantage from range
• Jesus wraps up hat-trick from spot before adding fourth

[23 April 2022 19:01 · Michael Jones]

Brentford 0 - 0 Tottenham

72 mins: Davinson Sanchez is coming on for Tottenham with Ryan Sessegnon taken off. It seems as though Sessegnon has picked up a knock as it isn’t the most attacking of substitutions from Antonio Conte.

[23 April 2022 18:58 · Michael Jones]

Brentford 0 - 0 Tottenham

69 mins: Close! Spurs work the ball into Brentford’s final third and win a corner of their own. The set piece comes into the box but Rodrigo Bentancur heads it over the crossbar.

[23 April 2022 18:55 · Michael Jones]

Brentford 0 - 0 Tottenham

66 mins: Chance! Mads Roerslev flicks the ball into the Spurs box and a glancing header is cleared off the line but Harry Kane! The ball comes out to Eriksen who drills a low shot towards the near post but Lloris leaps across to smother it before it crosses the line. Tottenham are all at sea here.

[23 April 2022 18:50 · Michael Jones]

Brentford 0 - 0 Tottenham

63 mins: Eriksen’s free kick strikes the Tottenham wall and deflects behind for a corner. The next set piece is won in the air by Emerson Royal who heads it out of the Spurs box. Brentford are up to nine corners for the game now.

Sadly there’s no sign of the scoreline changing anytime soon.

[23 April 2022 18:49 · Michael Jones]

Brentford 0 - 0 Tottenham

60 mins: Christian Eriksen swings another corner deep into the box for Brentford but Spurs manage to knock the ball out to Kulusevski. His first touch is poor and Toney jumps onto the loose ball. Kulusevski tries to win it back and takes of the striker from behind giving Brentford a free kick in a dangerous area.

[23 April 2022 18:45 · Michael Jones]

Brentford 0 - 0 Tottenham

57 mins: Brentford win a corner that is initially dealt with by Spurs but the ball gets recycle and the Bees keep up the pressure. Pontus Jansson flicks it on to the back post where a cross into the six-yard box is plucked out of the air but Hugo Lloris.

[23 April 2022 18:40 · Michael Jones]

Brentford 0 - 0 Tottenham

54 mins: Better from Spurs as the work the ball over to Dejan Kulusevski. He ducks inside and crosses the ball over to the far side of the box where Son Heung-min is arriving. Vitaly Janelt gets back in time though and glances the ball out for a corner.

[23 April 2022 18:38 · Michael Jones]

Brentford 0 - 0 Tottenham

51 mins: Chance! Rice Henry brings the ball into the Spurs box from the left side and knocks it into Ivan Toney. He takes too long on the ball and has to return the pass instead of shooting but Henry keeps the attack going with a flick over to Bryan Mbuemo. Mbuemo lets the ball bounce before smoking it over the crossbar.

[23 April 2022 18:36 · Michael Jones]

Brentford 0 - 0 Tottenham

48 mins: Hugo Lloris sprints a long way out of his box to challenge Ivan Toney as the ball is played over the top. The two players seem to collide but Lloris got there and managed to clear the Tottenham lines.

[23 April 2022 18:33 · Michael Jones]

Second half: Brentford 0 - 0 Tottenham

Kick off: Brentford restart the game with a pass back to David Raya who belts it long. Tottenham recover the ball and knock it back to Hugo Lloris. Bryan Mbuemo charges him down and the goalkeeper has to quickly hoof the ball over to the right side of the pitch where it bounces out for a Brentford throw in.