simplyolat NOTTINGHAM FOREST 0-1
WATFORD: IGHALO SCORES LATE
WINNER

The striker's dream debut season
in England continued as he
struck late on to send his side
through to the fifth round of the
FA Cup
Odion Ighalo's late goal sent
Watford into the FA Cup fifth
round as the Premier League
side saw off Nottingham Forest
1-0 on Saturday.
Having beaten Newcastle United
1-0 in the third round, Quique
Sanchez Flores' men struggled to
break down their Championship
opponents.

But Ighalo capitalised on a
defensive mistake from Kelvin
Wilson in the 89th minute to
ensure Watford's progress into
the next stage.
The visitors had been frustrated
by Dorus de Vries for much of
the encounter at the City Ground.

The Forest goalkeeper was called
on to keep out an Ikechi Anya
effort in the 30th minute before
producing an excellent stop to
prevent Nordin Amrabat from
scoring on his first Watford start.

But he could do nothing to
prevent Ighalo from snatching
victory with his 10th goal in his
last 15 competitive appearances
as Forest crashed out.

Chances were few and far
between in the opening
exchanges, with both teams
restricted to long-range efforts.
However, Forest were grateful to
De Vries on the half-hour mark,
as the Dutchman made a smart
save at his near post to deny
Anya.

Anya was then at fault as Forest
spurned a glorious chance to
open the scoring on the stroke
of half-time.
The Scotland winger was
dispossessed by Jamie Ward,
who raced through on goal only
to dink the ball over Watford's
debut goalkeeper Costel
Pantilimon and wide.
Forest would have paid the price
for Ward's profligacy 10 minutes
after the restart if not for more
fine goalkeeping from De Vries,
who thwarted Amrabat in
stunning fashion.
The goalkeeper dived full stretch
to tip his volley wide of the goal,
when it seemed destined for the
top-right corner.
Forest looked the more likely to
net a winner as the contest
meandered towards its
conclusion, with Watford
spending much of the final
minutes on the back foot in a
performance not in keeping with
the way they have impressed in
the league.

Pantilimon was never tested by
Forest, who were punished for a
lack of quality in the final third by
the in-form Ighalo.
Nathan Ake combined with Allan
Nyom, whose cross was not dealt
with by the unfortunate Wilson,
allowing Ighalo to sweep the ball
into the bottom-left corner and
send Watford into the fifth
round.