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Molla Wague could not hide his delight at crowning his first Premier League start for Watford with a goal, especially against his old club Leicester City.

The Malian has barely featured for the Hornets since joining on loan from Pozzo-owned Udinese on transfer deadline day in August.

He was surprisingly named in the Hornets side for the Boxing Day game with Leicester - a club he spent five months on loan at last season, but only played 70 minutes for as a serious shoulder ruined his time at the King Power Stadium - and repaid Marco Silva's faith with a goal and an accomplished performance.

The perfect Christmas present, was how he labelled the day.

"I was very happy," Wague told the club website when asked about getting the equaliser.

"It was important to score before half-time.

"I wanted to play well and I'm happy because it's against my old team Leicester and it's nice to score against them.

"It's a good Christmas present."

He's already looking ahead to the visit of Swansea on Saturday and the chance to back up the victory yesterday with another three points against the Premier League's basement side.

"I'm happy, it's my first game and to score and get the victory is great. I want to keep going and get another win on Saturday," he finished.