Adam Bogdan’s blunder cost Liverpool

Adam Bogdan’s embarrassing blunder cost lacklustre Liverpool dearly as Watford swept to a 3-0 success that gave them their first home win over the Reds for 29 years.

Jurgen Klopp’s side had only themselves to blame for Sunday’s chastening loss at Vicarage Road and Hungarian goalkeeper Bogdan was the chief culprit after dropping a routine corner that Nathan Ake converted for Watford’s early opener.

More calamitous defending, this time from Martin Skrtel, allowed Odion Ighalo to double Watford’s lead and the Nigeria forward completed Liverpool’s misery with his second late on.

Liverpool’s performance was comically bad at times and ranked as the heaviest loss of Klopp’s two months in charge.

The Reds are now without a win in their last three Premier League matches, leaving them five points off the top four heading into the hectic Christmas period.

While Liverpool are some way short of the finished article, Quique Sanchez Flores’s Watford are enjoying their best season since the golden Graham Taylor era in the 1980s. Even in a campaign already full of memorable performances, this was a landmark moment for Watford as they recorded their first victory over Liverpool since 1999 and their first on home soil since a John Barnes inspired win in December 1986.

Hiddink sees Chelsea win

Chelsea’s new interim manager Guus Hiddink watched his team beat Sunderland 3-1 on Saturday, while Norwich City won at Manchester United to imperil their manager Louis van Gaal.

Appointed prior to kick-off in place of the sacked Jose Mourinho, Hiddink was in the stands at a discontented Stamford Bridge as Chelsea prevailed through goals from Branislav Ivanovic, Pedro Rodriguez and Oscar.