Son Heung-Min scored an emotional late as Tottenham climbed to third in the Premier League with triumph more than 10-man Watford.
Erik Lamela put the guests in front when he stroked in a shot after Dele Alli confiscated Craig Cathcart.
Odion Ighalo evened out when his determination helped him beat Eric Dier and jab home.
Nathan Ake was sent off for a test on Lamela before Son scored with a deft flick from Kieran Trippier’s cross.
Tottenham had attempted to benefit as much as possible from their numerical favorable position taking after Ake’s release on 63 minutes.
To be sure Watford looked the most probable goalscorers, in the end stages, as they earned a progression of corners and could have led the pack themselves.
Ben Watson’s corner practically worked in before attendant Hugo Lloris battled the ball away, with goalline innovation demonstrating the ball was just crawls far from going in.
Minutes after the fact, Spurs scored the victory. Trippier’s crosses from the privilege had created the hosts issues all through and it was his conveyance that prompted Son’s clincher.
There was a recommendation of offside in the development to the objective, yet ref Anthony Taylor permitted it to stand.
Ake got Lamela studs first and high on the leg as he endeavored to kick it into high gear to a ricocheting ball.
Taylor set aside his time before creating his red card to the evident bemusement of the Watford left-back and the home burrow.
“My view was amazing but I don’t like to talk about the referees. It is football,” said Watford boss Quique Sanchez Flores.
“It is difficult,” said Spurs counterpart Mauricio Pochettino. “From my point of view, it was an ‘orange’ or red – but more than yellow.”
Aside from a meeting between two of the alliance’s groups, the match at Vicarage Road additionally saw strikers Ighalo and Harry Kane on the same pitch.
Ighalo indicated quality and determination in scoring an objective that took him to 14 for the season and 30 in 2015.
Chances were occasional for Kane and the nearest he came was the point at which a courageous close post header went wide.
He was, even more, vicinity than his inverse number, however, was included in a greater amount of the development play furthermore assisted protectively.
Quique Sanchez Flores: “I feel sorry because we had the possibility to draw and it was painful how we lost the match.
“But I am really proud of my players. They fight a lot, have an amazing soul. The line between winning and losing is very small.”
Mauricio Pochettino: “In football a lot can happen. The most important thing is we believe – we have a strong squad to squad to fight for it.”
He added: “The victory is very important for us; we worked hard to try and win and are happy because Watford is a difficult team and beat Liverpool recently.
“The condition of the pitch made it difficult to play how we usually play but we showed great maturity. We need to feel proud for the players. It was a great effort after only playing 48 hours ago.”
