Championship

SISSOKO IS TOM’S MIDFIELD MAESTRO

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The LeaguePaper Team
25 August 2024

By Mark Reeves

W ATFORD 2
Bayo 31, Sissoko 76

DERBY COUNTY 1
Adams 2

WHAT A FEELING! Watford fans applaud Vakoun Bayo’s stunning strike
PICTURES: Alamy
WATFORD head coach Tom Cleverley hailed veteran Moussa Sissoko for the goal that clinched a win at home to Derby and kept his side’s 100 per cent start to the season intact.
Ebou Adams volleyed the Rams into an early lead, but Vakoun Bayo replied with an outrageous scissor-kick on the half-hour mark.
Sissoko had the last word, scoring on the rebound in the 76th minute to make it three Championship wins out of th...

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