Unbeaten run comes to an end
Watford lost 3-2 at home to Coventry to end their seven game unbeaten run.
Sammy Clingan opened the scoring for the visitors with a drilled effort in the 14th minute but Watford were ahead at the interval courtesy of Tom Cleverley and Will Hoskins.
The home side wasted a host of good chances throughout and they were made to pay as Leon Best twice found the net in the final 23 minutes to grab his fourth and fifth goals in his last five games
The visitors struck after 14 minutes when the Hornets blocked one attempt but failed to close Clingan down quickly enough as he broke on to a loose ball to beat keeper Scott Loach with a low 20-yard drive.
Watford were back on terms seven minutes later when Stephen Wright could only head a Don Cowie cross on to Cleverley, who fired a first-time left-footed half-volley through the legs of team-mate John Eustace to equalise.
And by half-time the Hornets were in front thanks to a classic counter-attack. After the ball had pin-balled around their own area, it was cleared to halfway where Hoskins attacked the Coventry defence at pace before slipping in Danny Graham.
His attempt was blocked but the ball rebounded perfectly for Hoskins to beat Kieren Westwood from 12 yards.
But Watford were made to pay for their failure to wrap the match up midway through the second period.
Although Loach managed to block a header from Aron Gunnarsson, the home side's defending was shambolic as Elliott Ward headed back across the six-yard box for Best to finish with ease from close in.
Best was in the right place again to score what proved to be the winner with five minutes remaining after Clinton Morrison had made a sufficient nuisance of himself to prevent Loach from getting to Clingan's inswinging ball into the area.
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