Aston Villa's draw at West Ham proved enough to keep Dean Smith's side in the Premier League.
Jack Grealish looked to have put Villa's safety beyond doubt when he fired in from the edge of the box with six minutes remaining, but within a minute The Hammers were level when Andriy Yarmolenko's deflected shot at goal spooned over Pepe Reina and into the Villa net.
Beginning the last day of the season just outside the relegation zone, Villa never looked like leaving this position given Watford going behind early and seemed to be happy to play out a goalless draw until the late drama.
The game could have been different if Michail Antonio, who scored six goals in three games coming into this match, had finished a gilt-edged chance in the 12th minute when a long ball from Ryan Fredericks drifted over Ezri Konsa but he lashed at the ball from inside the area and it flew wide of the goal.
Neither goalkeeper had a shot to save until the closing stages when both will be disappointed not to have kept out the goals, but thankfully for Reina it made no difference to Villa's 2020/21 league status.
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