Leicester – Watford was a snoozer for 89 minutes, then got absolutely bananas

Ben Chilwell and Craig Dawson turned a boring game into an instant classic with two goals in the dying minutes of the match.

Leicester City took on Watford in the early Premier League match on Saturday, and for much of the game, the two looked like sides that hadn’t played professional soccer in a while. Players looked a touch slow. The passes weren’t connecting right.

For a league that’s been shut down for a while for the coronavirus pandemic, it’s expected that you’re not going to get beautiful soccer for a little while.

But then, late in the match, we got absolutely beautiful, mad, wild soccer.

The madness started in the 90th minute. Ben Chilwell, the highly rated left back who’s been linked with a mega move to Chelsea, hadn’t done much of anything for the entire game.

Then he went and did this:

It’s the type of goal you dream about, an absolutely purely hit left-footed bomb off the post. That sound in the empty stadium, too. [Chef’s kiss.]

For fans who were watching the game and slogged through 89 minutes of bleh, it was a beautiful relief.

Then a few minutes later, in stoppage time, Watford scored an overhead kick equalizer from Craig Dawson of all people.

It happened! Both those things happened!

The match ended 1-1. I need a cigarette.

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