#4 – Troy Deeney for Watford against Leicester City (2013)
The Football League Championship (now known as the English Football League (EFL) Championship) playoffs is one of the most important fixtures for four clubs from the Championship. During the 2012/13 playoffs, current Premier League sides Watford met Leicester City in the semi-finals.
David Nugent’s goal gave The Foxes a 1-0 lead after the first leg and they would have believed that they could go all the way. Matej Vydra’s goal in the 15th minute gave Watford some early hope, however, all that diminished after Nugent scored four minutes later.
Vydra found the net in the second half to level the aggregate scores, thus instilling in the Hornets a belief that they could win. Deep into injury time, referee Michael Oliver awarded Leicester a penalty. Anthony Knockaert stepped up to take the kick and would have hoped that he could put the tie to bed. But, Manuel Almunia’s double save led to a counter attack from Watford that led to Troy Deeney thumping the ball into the back of the net in the 97th minute of the game causing Vicarage Road to erupt.
