Femi Azeez returned to the club which once released him to inspire Millwall to a 2-0 victory over promotion rivals Watford at Vicarage Road.

Goals from Azeez, a Watford youth product until he was let go at the age of 14, and Josh Coburn kept Millwall in the play-off positions and brought a shuddering halt to Watford's four-game winning run in the Championship.

It was a contest which became increasingly tetchy as the game wore on with players squaring up to each other a number of times in the second half.

That was in contrast to a largely uneventful first period after Watford goalkeeper Egil Selvik produced an acrobatic save to tip over an early Caleb Taylor header.

A stop-start game was being delayed by numerous injuries and an incident when a ball-boy entered the playing area and caught the ball in the mistaken belief that the ball had curled out of play.

Visitors Millwall had the most impressive player on show in the first half in Azeez. The winger frequently skipped his way past defenders and fired a rising shot just over after 24 minutes.

The game became increasingly fractious as half-time approached with over-fussy...