PALACE boss Patrick Vieira hailed goalscorer Wilfried Zaha’s performance as the best since he took charge at the club.
The Eagles went into the game on the back of a long winless run, but took an early lead when Jean-Philippe Mateta’s shot took a fortunate deflection off a defender and into the back of the net.
Moussa Sissoko headed in the equaliser almost immediately after with his first goal for the Hornets, but Conor Gallagher’s strike just before half-time restored the visitors’ lead.
Zaha then wrapped up all three points for the visitors with a low drive past Ben Foster in the Watford goal, before capping it off with a curled 90th-minute strike as Palace further distances themselves from the bottom three.
Vieira said: “I was really pleased that he scored those two goals because Wilfried played really well, he played really well out of possession.
“He played with the team and he got rewarded by the two goals that he scored.
“That was Wilfried’s best performance since I have been at this football club, out of possession he was fantastic.
“He worked well, he worked hard, he supported the team-mates with Will Hughes and Tyrick (Mitchell) they did really well.”
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