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Emmanuel Dennis: Why Watford forward’s bright start should elicit some caution

An impressive Premier League debut for the Hornets’ frontman now needs the corresponding season-long consistency

It doesn’t get better than this, does it?

Watford began the opening day as one of the bookies’ favourites to end in the bottom three but stunned an ambitious Aston Villa 3-2 at Vicarage Road. They definitely weren’t expected to race into a 2-0 lead at half-time, neither did anyone think the Hornets would be 3-0 up after 67 minutes.

In the absence of last season’s top-scoring central striker Joao Pedro, returning supporters in Hertfordshire got a first look at new signing Emmanuel Dennis.