LONDON (Reuters) -
Davinson Sanchez snatched a last-gasp winner as Tottenham beat struggling Watford 1-0 to extend Antonio Conte’s unbeaten start on Saturday.
Sanchez broke Watford’s stubborn resistance deep into stoppage-time at Vicarage Road.
The Colombia defender’s header gave Tottenham a fifth win in their last seven Premier League matches.
Conte remains unbeaten after eight league games as the Italian continues to revive a club in turmoil when he was hired to replace the sacked Nuno Espirito Santo.
Tottenham move up to fifth place, just two points behind fourth placed north London rivals Arsenal with two games in hand.
Watford are the only side yet to keep a Premier League clean-sheet this season and are on a club top-flight record run of 28 successive matches without one.
Claudio Ranieri’s side sit just two points above the relegation zone after a sixth successive defeat.
In a bid to boost their survival hopes, Watford had refused to release Emmanuel Dennis for the Africa Cup of Nations.
A Nigeria Football Federation statement said Dennis had been excused because Watford were “baring fangs”.