"All season we've been waiting for something that sparks everything into life and you get the feeling that happened at the weekend," said Watford legend Luther Blissett, considering the implications of a breathtaking 3-0 victory over Liverpool on Saturday evening.

The fortunes of both sides could not have been further divided at the start of the match, with Liverpool just one win away from achieving a European record, while Watford had not tasted victory for six games in all competitions. What followed was arguably the least predictable result of the season.

The Hornets scored three goals in an astounding second-half, with the team combining magnificently to eke the best out of star talent Ismaila Sarr, who threw a speed bump in the path of the visitors' relentless surge towards the league title and hoist Watford out of the bottom three with two goals and an assist that shocked the champions in waiting.

It was a display that delighted the supporters at Vicarage Road, Blissett included, who waxed lyrical about the Senegalese player, someone he believes has the ability to lift both morale and the performances of those around him.

"If you want to make an impact or to stand out, you need to give people that moment and I think Sarr did that, he gave them that moment at the weekend," he said.

"That was something that I've been thinking about for a while and I believe that moment for us was something good and that could change everything for us moving forward.

"The one thing he has is this devastating pace which no matter how much you plan as a coach or as a team, when a player can do that, and a ball goes behind he's going to be favourite, it makes it difficult for the opposition and it lifts your team."

The Hornets' record goalscorer likened their record signing with Leicester City striker and recent Premier League winner Jamie Vardy, while also drawing comparisons between himself and the 21-year-old, including in temperament, with Sarr regularly described as a shy character.

Blissett is pleased to hear that senior players are doing what they can to help the winger get acclimatised to life in England and its football, something he said helped him as a youngster breaking through into the first-team ranks.

"Look at what happened at Leicester, when they won the Premier League, the person that spearheaded the whole thing was Jamie Vardy with that amazing pace that he had to get away from the opposition and the calmness he showed to put the ball in the net," he said, "it's very similar to Sarr.

"I see visions of myself in certain things that he does in the aggressive way he runs in behind the opposition to try and score goals, there's a lot of things I see there - and the shyness as well. I myself at the age of 18 was very similar to him in that respect. I needed senior players, which I had in Dennis Booth, Sam Ellis, Steve Harrison and Ian Bolton ,who helped me to settle and find my game.

"I think Etienne Capoue has been important in helping Ismaila to settle and hopefully this is where he starts to be that star performer for Watford. I just hope that Saturday was that introduction, that one we can all look at and go, 'this is someone very, very special'. He could be a major part in the club's future."

Under Nigel Pearson, Blissett sees a simplified Watford, whose players know their roles and exactly what is expected of them, come kick-off.

He knows that grasp of the basics is going to be vitally important if relegation is to be avoided this season, but believes the win over Liverpool showed more than enough promise that the Hornets can continue their ascent of the Premier League table and that perhaps there will be much more cause for celebration in the future, if they can build on what they created on Saturday evening.

"The thing that I believe Nigel has done more than anything is he's put some good old fashioned basics back into the team and into the players," he said.

"He's given them very clear direction in what he wants them to do and the players now know exactly what's expected of them when they cross that white line. I think he has just simplified stuff for them, which the best coaches generally do.

"Saturday's result ignited that understanding that we can achieve things with good team-work and players doing the best that they can every time they walk out on the pitch. All I can hope now is that the players are all fired up and can continue this between now and the end of the season because if they do that, there's enough in that team for them to get themselves - and keep themselves - clear of any problems.

"But the high point can't be Saturday, the high point is going to be what's to come."