Watford 3 Huddersfield 0: Watch highlights: Pereyra, Deulofeu and Success score as Hornets romp to victory
Home side were two goals up within the first 19 minutes to leave opponents bottom of the table
WATFORD secured their finest ever start to a top-flight season with a successful revenge mission that sent the Terriers rock bottom.
Last season David Wagner orchestrated two Prem wins over the Hornets but he failed to get a tune out of his side as Roberto Pereyra, Gerard Deulofeu and Isaac Success did the damage with a trio of wonder goals.
A flying start to the 1982-83 season left Watford with 17 points after 10 games - and helped them finish second - but they are now two points ahead of that milestone thanks to a hat-trick of screamers.
Javi Gracia’s men took the lead after just 10 minutes. Pereyra picked up the ball in a harmless position out on the left flank and ambled this way through SIX clueless Huddersfield defenders, who almost guided him through to Jonas Lossl’s goal.
Once clear of the limp challenges, the Argentine winger jabbed a shot through Lossl for his fifth of the season.
Former Barcelona boy Gerard Deulofeu clearly felt upstaged by his team-mate so produced a moment of magic all of his own nine minutes later.
The ex-Everton man slipped past two panic-stricken Terriers down the right flank and fired in from an acute angle for his first of the season.
It was not all one-way traffic, Chris Lowe, Aaron Mooy and Philip Billing all hit long-range efforts that Ben Foster did well to save in the home goal.
And struggling lone striker Laurent Depoitre was guilty of a comedy miss before the break when he headed the ball out toward the corner flag when it looked easier to score.
After the interval, Watford almost put the game to bed. Huddersfield surrendered possession and Success snatched the ball away and fed Deulofeu. The Spaniard took the ball around Lossl but his dinked effort sailed wide.
The third was always going to come, though, and it was a perfect set-piece on 80 minutes. Etienne Capoue dinked the ball wide, Kiko Femenia volleyed it across first-time and Success tapped it in.
The visiting fans never stopped singing - even to a Sex Pistols tune - but much like punk their stay in the top flight looks set to be short-lived.