Anthony Martial impressed Jose Mourinho with the way he transferred improved training displays into a man-of-the-match performance as Manchester United comfortably overcame Watford.

Watford 1, Crystal Palace 1: One could hardly tell from the thunderous expression on his face at the full-time whistle, as his new charges at Crystal Palace were held by Watford, but big Sam Allardyce said he was “excited” to be back in the big time.

Manchester City 2 Watford 0: Pablo Zabaleta’s first goal in over two years set Manchester City on their way to a nervous victory over Watford which confirmed the theory that Pep Guardiola’s revolution is still very much a work in progress.

Burnley 2 Watford 0: Ireland international Jeff Hendrick and Michael Keane scored their first Premier League goals as Burnley brushed aside a ragged Watford 2-0 at Turf Moor last night.

Watford 3 Manchester United 1: Well that didn’t last long. The optimism that followed Jose Mourinho to Old Trafford has quickly disappeared with a third successive defeat, the first time the manager has endured such a run since his Porto days in 2002.

Watford 1 Arsenal 3: Typical Arsene Wenger, stubbornly turning logic on its head.

West Ham 3 Watford 1: Andy Carroll and Mark Noble were on target as West Ham kept their chances of a top-four finish alive with a 3-1 win over Watford.

Watford 1 Everton 1: Heurelho Gomes lauded a “great result” for Watford after they ended their run of four successive Barclays Premier League defeats with a 1-1 draw against Everton at Vicarage Road.

Manchester United 1 Watford 0: Louis van Gaal perhaps had a point earlier this week when he warned Marcus Rashford the hard work is only just beginning.

Watford 1 Leeds United 0: Defeated Leeds manager Steve Evans has hailed cup counterpart Quique Sanchez Flores as a “fantastic addition” to the Barclays Premier League.

Vardy has recovered from a minor groin surgery in time for tonight's big game.

Watford 1 Manchester City 2: Manuel Pellegrini expects Sergio Aguero to launch another goalscoring run as Manchester City step up their hunt for the quadruple.

Arsene Wenger faced an angry supporter at last week’s shareholder Annual General Meeting when he was accused of overseeing an ‘embarrassing’ run of recent results in the Champions League.

Northern Ireland head coach Michael O’Neill paid tribute to the team for buying into his philosophy after they sealed their place at next summer’s European Championship last night.

Man City 2 Watford 0: For Manchester City, the club records are being countered with caution; they may look unstoppable in both the Premier League and the transfer market as August closes, but no one at the Etihad Stadium expects this to be a trouble-free season. Friday’s Champions League draw gave notice of the difficulties that lie ahead.

Watford 0 Southampton 0: Southampton manager Ronald Koeman was keen to take the positives out of a scrappy stalemate that left both sides still searching for their first Barclays Premier League wins of the season.

EVERTON 2 WATFORD 2:

Roma 0 Manchester city 2

Champions League Group E

Colombia 3 Greece 0

Manchester United’s miserable season has sunk to unfathomable depths following a painful Champions League defeat in Greece which leaves the club with one of the biggest conundrums in its history: How to completely overhaul a squad that simply isn’t good enough without being able to offer their replacements European football next season.

Romania coach Victor Piturca is looking for a minor miracle in Bucharest tonight as his side look to overturn a 3-1 deficit in their World Cup play-off second leg.

Republic of Ireland duo Seamus Coleman and John O’Shea both felt their side were made to pay for not making their early dominance count in their 1-0 defeat against Greece at the Aviva Stadium last night.

A fifth defeat in nine games wasn’t quite what was hoped for at the end of a year that was well below what was expected at the outset, but at the end of it all there was optimism amongst the players on an evening where the performance showed plenty of promise despite the scoreline.

Republic of Ireland 0 Greece 1

Republic of Ireland 0 Greece 1

Arsenal 3 Olympiacos 1

ARSENAL ended their Champions League Group F campaign with a defeat at Olympiakos — but the Greeks still missed out on the knockout stages.

ARSENE WENGER forced a smile and shook hands with his employers before departing the Arsenal director’s box, but he did not look happy after watching his far from convincing side defeat Olympiakos to go second in Group F of the Champions League.

Robin van Persie was only named among the substitutes as Arsenal looked to earn their first Champions League Group F win of the season against Olympiacos at the Emirates Stadium tonight.