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Bristol City 5-1 Watford: ‘Perfect’ Riis treble gives Hornets a stinging exit

Gerhard Struber praised the perfect striker’s performance after an Emil Riis hat-trick saw Bristol City breeze into the fourth-round draw.

By Richard Latham

BRISTOL CITY 5
Riis 2, 68, 76, Mehmeti 37, Atkinson 66

WATFORD 1
Grieves 74
Gerhard Struber praised the perfect striker’s performance after an Emil Riis hat-trick saw Bristol City breeze into the fourth-round draw.
Goals from Riis and Anis Mehmeti had the hosts 2-0 up at the break, before Rob Atkinson and two more from Riis rendered Jack Grieves reply a mere consolation.
Struber said: “Emil has taken his game to a new level today. We had talked about the timing of his forward runs and he was brilliant in that respect as well as really clear-headed in front of goal.
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