Watford captain Troy Deeney admits they targeted Dejan Lovren for their shock 3-0 defeat of champions-elect Liverpool.

Two goals from Ismaila Sarr and one from Deeney, all three of which came in the second half, were enough to seal a famous victory for the Hornets, leaving Liverpool to reflect on their first Premier League defeat of the season, and a first since January 2019.

Speaking to Sky Sports after the full time whistle, Deeney, who scored his first-ever goal against Liverpool this evening, said: "Van Dijk is a class act and, for me, is probably in the top five defenders in the world. It is tough to get anything from him; he is 6ft 6ins, fast and strong, so you try to pick on the weaker of the two.

"I don't want to be disrespectful to Lovren and say he is the weaker of the two but I knew he wanted to fight me as well, and that is my game, so if you want to try and fight me you are going to have to be in for a tough night.

"He did that for the first goal, trying to fight me for the throw-in and then I obviously rolled him and we scored.

"He is trying to fight me instead of watching the ball and we scored."