Watford vs. Liverpool: Twitter Reacts to Adam Bogdan's Nightmare Afternoon

Liverpool fans probably weren't too upset when they heard Simon Mignolet would miss Sunday's game with Watford at Vicarage Road, following the goalkeeper's poor performance in the recent draw with West Bromwich Albion.

It meant a first Premier League outing in a Liverpool shirt for Adam Bogdan, with the club's official Snapchat channel sharing a bold vote of confidence before kick-off:

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Liverpool's pre game snapchat 😂 pic.twitter.com/xDkXkjHkXV

— Football Trolls (@Footballltrolls) December 20, 2015"

But that quickly backfired, as the stand-in goalkeeper dropped a straightforward corner to gift Watford the lead after just three minutes:

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Jeepers keepers...shocking start for #lfc and Bogdan, deputising for hamstrung Mignolet. Drops corner, Ake pounces, 1-0 to #watfordfc

— Henry Winter (@henrywinter) December 20, 2015"

Followers of the game weren't taking any prisoners on Twitter:

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Adam #Bogdan pic.twitter.com/EhrvCBNiDo

— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) December 20, 2015"

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Bog off? #WFCvLFC

— Simon Thomas (@SimonThomasSky) December 20, 2015"

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He dropped the ball twice. Twice!

— Kristian vS Hæhre (@vonstrenginho) December 20, 2015"

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Klopp: Is that Santa? Santa: Yes. Klopp: New keeper, please.

— John Cross (@johncrossmirror) December 20, 2015"

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Weidenfeller still on the bench in Dortmund... #LFC

— David Easson (@DavidEasson) December 20, 2015"

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Pretty sure Heskey can do better between the sticks.

— Liverpool FC 360 (@LFC_360) December 20, 2015"

It got worse for Liverpool when Odion Ighalo shrugged off Martin Skrtel to double Watford's lead after 15 minutes:

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#watfordfc 2-0 #LFC (#Ighalo, 15) pic.twitter.com/ICtYap94NC

— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) December 20, 2015"

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Second goal an absolute shambles. Four consecutive challenges lost out on. Lucas and Skrtel chief amongst it. Again.

— Karl Matchett (@karlmatchett) December 20, 2015"

This time it was the defender coming in for some stick:

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Pretty weak defending from Skrtel there... pic.twitter.com/ts44jbNtqm

— Unibet (@unibet) December 20, 2015"

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Martin Skrtel with some of the weakest defending you'll ever see

— Daniel Storey (@danielstorey85) December 20, 2015"

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Powderpuff Slovakian Hardman Martin Skrtel

— David Easson (@DavidEasson) December 20, 2015"

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Martin Skrtel: looks scary, plays like a lamb. Great finish though. Next year's out year.

— Alex Hess (@A_Hess) December 20, 2015"

While Bogdan was still struggling with, well, everything:

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More #Bogdan pic.twitter.com/qMj1naRCf1

— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) December 20, 2015"

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More #Bogdan pic.twitter.com/qMj1naRCf1

— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) December 20, 2015"

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I have no idea what Bogdan is doing but it's not goalkeeping.

— Simon Clancy (@SiClancy) December 20, 2015"

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From Adam Bogdan's Wikipedia page. It's not a line that screams 'snapped up by Liverpool'. pic.twitter.com/1PlcksIiau

— Daniel Storey (@danielstorey85) December 20, 2015"

Liverpool fans weren't happy, but Watford were flying:

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Give Klopp a kit!

— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) December 20, 2015"

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Watford one point off the top four at Christmas as it stands, exactly as they were a year ago. Just in a different division.

— Daniel Storey (@danielstorey85) December 20, 2015"

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Odion Ighalo and Troy Deeney discussed Ighalo's little sweep trick on Sky before kick-off. Deeney calls it "the Iggy chop".

— Tom Williams (@tomwfootball) December 20, 2015"

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Cannot take Watford's mascot seriously pic.twitter.com/nxNAEva6VR

— Owen (@OwenWHU) December 20, 2015"

Ighalo added a third late on to secure a convincing 3-0 victory.

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Watford are a good old fashioned English team even if they have only a sprinkling of English players. Great fun to watch.

— Sam Matterface (@sammatterface) December 20, 2015"

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Meanwhile, Watford host their own party to Depeche Mode's Just Can't Get Enough. No wonder. Brilliant performance, big win, up to 7th.

— John Cross (@johncrossmirror) December 20, 2015"

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Watford 3 Liverpool 0. If Leicester City are the story of the season, Watford are only inches behind them. Superb win.

— Phil McNulty (@philmcnulty) December 20, 2015"

[Twitter]