The 24-year-old scored the first Hornets top-flight hat-trick since 1986 and fans of his current and former club both got in touch.
Watford hat-trick hero Gerard Deulofeu took to Twitter after his standout performance in Friday night’s Premier League 5-1 triumph over Cardiff City.
The Hornets were rampant at the Cardiff City Stadium, opening the scoring after just 18 minutes through the Spaniard, who finished off Troy Deeney’s bustling run and delivery.
There would be a long wait until the second, just after the hour, and Deulofeu netted once again, beating Neil Etheridge with a composed finish.
From then on, however, the floodgates opened, as the 24-year-old sealed a hat-trick two minutes later after coolly lofting the ball over the beleaguered Bluebirds goalkeeper.
Deeney made it four with a simple tap-in midway through the second half before Sol Bamba scored a consolation eight minutes later.
In added time, however, the Watford captain had the final say as he netted Watford’s fifth to wrap up the emphatic victory for Javi Gracia’s charges, who have leapfrogged Wolves into seventh for the time being at least.
After the game, Deulofeu – who made history as Watford’s first top-flight hat-trick scorer since Mark Falco in 1986 and their first in the Premier League – took to Twitter to give his thoughts on his performance and the game overall:
It wasn’t just Watford fans who responded – some Everton supporters also praised Deulofeu, who played for them a few years ago:
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