Pressure piles on Silva as Watford’s Gray strikes to sink Everton

Substitute Andre Gray scored a second half winner as Watford beat Marco Silva’s Everton 1-0 in the English Premier League (EPL) on Saturday to heap the pressure on their former manager.
Silva’s first visit to Vicarage Road since being sacked by Watford last January ended with the home fans singing that he would suffer a similar fate at the Merseyside club.
Everton are now without a win after a run of three defeats in a stuttering campaign.
Forward Gray latched on to Will Hughes’ cross from the right following a delicate layoff from Craig Cathcart to tap the ball into the net on 65 minutes.
Gray had come on for midfielder Ken Sema after the break.
Stunned by the goal, Everton struggled to create clear goalscoring chances in the second half of the scrappy contest.
But Watford held firm to secure the victory and move up to 37 points.
Watford had nearly gone ahead in the 11th minute after Troy Deeney chested a hopeful cross into the path of Etienne Capoue.
But Capoue’s rising volley from point blank range glanced off goalkeeper Jordan Pickford’s head and over the crossbar.
Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster saved Cenk Tosun’s stinging shot from distance in the 34th minute.
Gylfi Sigurdsson’s lobbed effort later came off the crossbar in the second half of a frustrating outing for the visitors.