Watford Academy graduate Marvin Sordell started Team GB men’s football team's 3-1 victory against UAE. 

Sordell led the attack in place of Daniel Sturridge, while former Hornets loanees Tom Cleverly and Jack Cork also featured.

A goal from Manchester United’s Ryan Giggs put Great Britain ahead but the match was levelled in the second period as Rashid Eisa cut through the defence to score.

However, second half substitutes Scott Sinclair and Daniel Sturridge, on in place of Sordell, both found the net in quick succession to secure an important three points.

Team GB manager Stuart Pearce stated that collecting a first victory was vital for his side.

“The result was the most important thing. We needed to win this game to give us a lift and enhance the belief in the group." Pearce told the BBC. 

"Some good parts of our play I thought and some things that we've still got to work on; we won't go away from this thinking 'it was a bed of roses totally' but some real solid performances "Certainly (Craig) Bellamy and (Ryan) Giggs, Joe Allen, (Tom) Cleverley, some real solid performances within the group. We have to build once again for the last game."

He added: "We're going to try and win every game, we've set the team up to try and do that always. I think we can improve on the performance from tonight, we always expected we would improve on the performance game by game.

"It's going to be a tough one but we've got to recover and get ready for it."