If the way Watford clambered back to their feet after Ben Chilwell’s heavyweight blow is how they mean to go on, Nigel Pearson can be confident his team will fight until the end. They refused to give in after falling behind to a cracking goal from Chilwell in the 90th minute and rescued a point just when all looked lost, Craig Dawson summing up their defiance when he fastened on to a flick from Christian Kabasele and volleyed past Kasper Schmeichel in the Leicester goal.
It could be a priceless strike from the centre-back. Watford had battled hard to contain superior opponents and they could have folded after conceding. Yet they played with heart all afternoon and were given a boost in their scrap against relegation when Leicester left Dawson unmarked in stoppage time, leaving Brendan Rodgers frustrated after his talented side wasted a chance to go 10 points clear of fifth-placed
Manchester United with eight games left.