Watford midfielder Valon Behrami: Leicester hit us at angry time

Pereyra decided he wanted in on the action and added a stunning second inside 12 minutes, before Miguel Britos’ clumsy challenge gave Leicester a way back into the game from the penalty spot; and they took it gleefully through Riyad Mahrez.

Pereyra had a chance to seal victory for Watford, but his stooping, close-range header was straight at Ron-Robert Zieler.

Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri has warned relegation could be a real possibility for the champions this season if they are unable to turn their form around in coming weeks.

Younes Kaboul and Robert Huth headed over for their respective sides in quick succession in a lively first half, but Watford perhaps should have opened up their two-goal margin when Nordin Amrabat was picked out 12 yards from goal, only to miscue his attempt.

“This was a football miracle last season, it is very hard to repeat the same this year and I am sure Claudio (Ranieri) knows this as well”. Deeney’s flick-on led to Capuoe’s goal.

Walter Mazzarri demanded a response from his Watford side after they were battered 6-1 at Liverpool before the worldwide break and they raced into an early 2-0 lead. “We still need to understand how his [Okaka’s] condition is at the moment, but he should be available at least from the bench”. Domestic duties must not come second to their continental capers.

But an England goal for Jamie Vardy, ending a two-month drought, has given the Foxes a timely boost ahead of their trip to Vicarage Road.

“Jamie is going through a goal drought and is not going to get out of it by sulking, because that is what he looks like he is doing at the minute”, Shearer wrote in The Sun recently.

Booked for dissent. Offered little else.

“That’s normal after a team like Leicester win the title”.

Watford notched up their fourth home game without defeat in a row for the first time in the Premier League in a decade.

Leicester has lost four of its five games before playing group matches in the Champions League this season. Subs: Pantilimon, Mariappa, Sinclair, Watson, Ighalo.

Ranieri made a double substitution in the 68th minute in effort to perk up his team’s attack, introducing Jeffrey Schlupp and Demarai Gray for Fuchs and Shinji Okazaki. “No, we react very well”. I have managed a lot of goal-scorers and it’s not possible to score all the time.

Vardy and Mahrez, who were firing on all cylinders previous year (11 and seven goals, respectively, after 11 matches) have been firing blanks most of this season and have managed just three goals between them.

Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri said: “I said to my players “well done” as they tried to do everything”.

“Against us today there was a big wall to stop all our shots at goal”.