Substitute Rinsola Babajide sealed a second FA WSL Continental Tyres Cup victory for Millwall Lionesses as they overcame Watford after an eventful second half.
It was Ashlee Hincks who opened the scoring with a speculative long-range effort that deceived goalkeeper Trippoli Witney and squirmed into the net.
Stacie Donnelly came closest to equalising with a beautiful strike from distance five minutes before half-time, forcing Frankie Gibbs into a clever save.
Watford 2-4 Millwall Lionesses
FA WSL Continental Tyres Cup
Group One
Wednesday 12 August
Berkhamsted FC
by Carrie Dunn
But the Millwall strikers doubled the advantage as the match moved into first-half injury time, with Hincks powering through the Watford midfield then laying it off to Fliss Gibbons, who curled an impressive shot into the top corner.
Watford got a goal back in the 55th minute, with Anneka Nuttall rising brilliantly to head home a corner.
That only spurred the visitors on, with Ciara Sherwood winning a corner just before the hour mark, and Dionne Lennon netted firmly from the resulting cross.
The match was marred 15 minutes from time by a leg injury to Millwall’s Jordon Butler, who was helped off the pitch by her team-mates, before Donnelly grabbed a goal back for Watford almost immediately after the restart.
But Babajide came off the bench and wrapped things up with a terrific solo effort in added time.
Millwall captain Dionne Lennon said: “We’ve had a tough time of it lately, not necessarily getting the results or the performances that we want.
“So we just wanted to come here, prove a point, get back to winning ways and get back to the performances we had at the start of the season.
"All the times we’ve played Watford they’ve given us a good game, it’s always a nice feisty battle, which I think the fans enjoy as well.
“We’ve found goals hard to come by this year, so it’s nice to score four and spread them around a bit.”
Watford (4-3-3): Trippoli Witney, Nicole Pepper, Grace Gillard, Leighanne Robe, Mollie Burgess, Stacie Donnelly, Poppy Jones (Sasha Adamson 75), Phoebe Read, Adekite Fatuga-Dada, Kim Farrow (Megan Wynne 60), Anneka Nuttall.
Substitutes not used: Josie Green, Tricia Gould, Ellie Mason, Deger Zekai, Vanna Lee.
Millwall Lionesses (4-3-2-1): Francesca Gibbs, Naomi Cole, Dionne Lennon, Jordon Butler (Anna Williams 80), Grace Fisk, Leanne Cowan (Chantelle Mackie 64), Fran Ali, Ciara Sherwood, Megan Goss (Rinsola Babajide 72), Ashlee Hincks, Fliss Gibbons.
Substitutes not used: Sarah Quantrill.
Referee: Lisa Benn
Attendance: 272
