Iceman cometh as Tykes win again

06 February 2010 17:36
The Icelandic midfielder capped a slick move from the hosts by smashing his third goal of the season to sink the Hornets.[LNB]Barnsley played the last 15 minutes with 10 men after Ryan Shotton was sent off for a foul on Lloyd Doyley.[LNB]But they held out for the victory to move just three points off the top six.[LNB]The star of the show was Filipe Teixeira, making his home debut after joining the Tykes on loan from West Brom.[LNB]The Portuguese midfielder was a constant menace and had a hand in Hallfredsson's 55th-minute strike.[LNB]Watford, by contrast, were missing their own loan star and main midfield threat Tom Cleverley after the Manchester United youngster failed a late fitness test.[LNB]Teixeira almost marked his first Oakwell appearance with a spectacular volleyed goal in the opening stages but the ball flew wide.[LNB]The hosts dominated possession in the first half but Watford were dangerous on the counter-attack, and Jon Harley put a header wide from Doyley's cross.[LNB]Arsenal loanee Henri Lansbury felt he should have had a penalty when he was felled in the Barnsley area but referee Fred Graham was not interested.[LNB]The lively Teixeira tried another couple of long-range efforts before the interval but did not manage to trouble Watford's England Under-21 goalkeeper Scott Loach.[LNB]Whatever Tykes boss Mark Robins said to his players at half-time did the trick as they looked a different team after the break.[LNB]They came close to opening the scoring in the 54th minute when Nathan Doyle let fly from 25 yards and rattled a post.[LNB]And 60 seconds later the deadlock was finally broken. Teixeira did well to keep the ball in play and found Andy Gray, whose pass sent Hallfredsson galloping through.[LNB]Hallfredsson rounded Hornets full-back Adrian Mariappa and blasted the ball past Loach, who got a touch but could not prevent it rolling in via the inside of the post.[LNB]The hosts were reduced to 10 men when Shotton was, perhaps harshly, shown a straight red card for bringing down Doyley.[LNB]They came close to doubling their lead in the closing stages when Gray raced through only to be denied by Loach.[LNB]And Tykes keeper Luke Steele secured three points for his side with a fine stoppage-time save from Lansbury.[LNB][LNB]

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