Andre Grey scored twice towards his former membership to salvage some extent for struggling Plymouth Argyle as they drew 2-2 with Watford on Friday.
Grey curled in an equaliser within the sixth minute of second-half stoppage time to seal an important level for Wayne Rooney’s facet of their bid for survival within the Championship.
The guests made a rapid begin at Dwelling Park when Ivorian striker Vakoun Bayo bundled in a cross from Yasser Larouci solely eight minutes in.
Plymouth did, nonetheless, equalise towards the run of play within the twenty third minute when Lewis Gibson’s lengthy ball into the field was met with a spectacular volley from Grey.
Watford regained the lead earlier than the break when Imran Louza’s free-kick was knocked again by Mattie Pollock, with centre-back Ryan Porteous readily available to steer the ball residence.
However simply because it regarded like Watford would go residence with all three factors, Grey picked up the ball on the sting of the world and fired residence a surprising effort past Daniel Bachmann.
Tom Cleverley’s Watford sit in fifth place and path leaders Sunderland by 5 factors, whereas Plymouth are seventeenth with 17 factors from 16 matches.
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Knowledge Debrief: Higher late than by no means
Plymouth have confirmed this season they’re the masters of late objectives, with Grey’s equaliser the fifth time the Pilgrims have scored in second-half stoppage time of their final six residence matches.
The 33-year-old striker can be proving to be an amazing acquisition for Rooney, having now scored three objectives in solely his second begin for Plymouth after becoming a member of as a free-agent final month.
Watford, in the meantime, have now gained simply one among their final seven league video games at Plymouth (D3 L2). Cleverley had scored the one purpose of the sport once they final gained at Dwelling Park in September 2009.
The Watford boss might be left to rue his facet’s incapacity to kill the sport because the guests comfortably gained the anticipated objectives (xG) battle, registering a complete of two.17 to their opponents’ measly 0.42.
