Nigerian junior international, Jude Ighalo, hit the target as his Watford side suffered a 3-1 loss to Huddersfield Town at the John Smith’s Stadium in the Championship on Saturday.
Goals from Nahki Wells, James Vaughan and Joel Lynch helped to thwart Watford’s promotion hopes this season but they hadn’t accounted for substitute Ighalo, though, as he came on to bang in a goal from a tight angle with what was to be one of his first touches of the match.
The visitors appeared a little toothless in attack and it took at least 30 minutes for the Hornets to register anything of note, with Troy Deeney winning a knock-down for Gianni Munari to guide straight at the keeper.
Watford started the second period brightly and Miguel Layun tested the hands of Alex Smithies at the keeper’s bottom corner, following some productive work from supplier Matej Vydra.
The save was to prove vital as Huddersfield moved down the other end to open the scoring, Wells receiving the ball from Scannell before sending his shot from the centre of the box into the bottom-left corner.
With the fixture seemingly headed towards a draw, Town striker Vaughan changed the course of proceedings when he latched on to a cross from Wells, leaving the 26-year-old to finish neatly into the bottom corner and make it 2-1.
The home side then added the icing to the cake in the 83rd minute through Lynch, who produced a standout overhead-kick from Mark Hudson’s corner to cement all three points and potentially dent Watford’s promotion ambitions.
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