Villa stoppage-time winner dumps Watford back in relegation zone

Soccer Football - Premier League - Aston Villa v Watford - Villa Park, Birmingham, Britain - January 21, 2020 Aston Villa's Ezri Konsa scores their second goal past Watford's Ben Foster Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine

(Reuters) - Aston Villa scored with almost the last kick of the game to seal a 2-1 comeback win over Watford at Villa Park on Tuesday that lifted Dean Smith's men out of the Premier League relegation zone - and dumped Nigel Pearson's men back in it.

The last-gasp win lifted Villa to 16th place in the table with 25 points from 24 games. By contrast, Watford, who had hauled themselves out of the relegation zone with a string of wins since Pearson's arrival in December, dropped back to 19th on 23 points.