And the Reds completed a Premier League double over the Hertfordshire side on Monday night by winning a very different game 1-0 at Vicarage Road.
Only Emre Can made this one memorable, by meeting a Lucas Leiva cross with a bicycle-kick score in first-half stoppage time.
The strike, hailed by the clubs former defender Jamie Carragher as one of the great Liverpool goals, illuminated a boring first-half which had just been enlivened by substitute Adam Lallanas dipping volley for the visitors that struck the bar.
"Actually, I would love to see it again - everybody is speaking about it". I couldn't do anything else there, because the ball was a little bit behind and I couldn't head it. "It was a hard game to play". We could have done better, of course.
He said: "It feels really good as you can imagine".
"Sometimes it was not as good as it could have been, but meanwhile these problems are sorted and now he can build on his performances".
Eight days later, Liverpool can nearly hear the Champions League anthem.
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Nishikori is now also a major doubt for the Rome Masters next week with 10 days to go until the start of the French Open. The sixth-seeded Nishikori said his wrist was "not 100 percent" and he didn't "want to risk" a more serious injury.
"We have pressure, yes - but pressure in the end of the season, in this period, means you fight for something", he said. It is positive pressure. They play Southampton at home on Sunday next and should they beat the Saints, a top four spot will be virtually guarantedd.
Can was delighted with his effort, which ended a poor first half from both sides, but said that taking the three points was ultimately more important. "It is the best goal I ever scored".
"I didn't think too much, to be honest", he added. We accepted that a lot had to change in that type of game.
"Everything is in our hands".
"It is a different game to Liverpool, it is away from home, but I think we can", he told reporters.
"They are going to have a good pre-season, which is what Jurgen Klopp wants, and if they keep the players fit and he gets the players he wants in, we are looking upwards".
With less than 60 seconds left, Watford came within inches of netting a dramatic equaliser through Sebastian Prodl but after the ball had fallen invitingly for him inside the penalty area, he hit his volley against the crossbar.
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