Watford thumped Fulham 4-1 to send the Cottagers back to the Championship.

Fulham needed to avoid defeat to put off their inevitable demotion for another week and were level at half-time, Ryan Babel having equalised after Abdoulaye Doucoure's stunning opener for the Hornets.

However, second-half goal from Will Hughes, Troy Deeney and Kiko Femenia condemned them to an immediate return to the Championship.

Fulham spent more than £100m on 12 new players last summer but the quality has been lacking all season and they will be playing alongside fellow relegated side Huddersfield next season.

Deeney said afterwards: "The first half we were sloppy and complacent in terms of the basics. Then Andre Gray comes on and does his stuff. He got the assists today, but the two boys up front pressing has done the job. We're not the best two strikers in the league but we're grafters.

"Andre's coming on and impacting games."

Andre Gray on coming on as a substitute added: "I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing. It's the manager's decision and I'm here to respect it. When the team's suffering I try to help it."