After a goalless first half in which Watford missed a couple of good opportunities, Walter Mazzarri’s side took the lead in the 55 minute when an unmarked Etienne Capoue brilliantly volleyed past Thibaut Courtois onto the roof of the net. And it was a superb through-ball from another substitute in Cesc Fabregas which set Costa away in the closing stages, with the striker making no mistake as he fired home another match-winning goal to give Antonio Conte’s side a second 2-1 success of the season.
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“The new players can help us a lot and they can help us improve as a team”.
“I don’t want to buy just to buy, I want to buy the right player for Chelsea, for the present, for the future, with a good prospect”.
Asked about the impact of his substitutions in general, Conte added: “It was the same against West Ham”.
“I’m pleased for Moses, Cesc and Batshuayi because their impact was very good”.
“We can hold our heads high”, Mazzarri said.
“We are all very proud of the way we played, the staff and the players”. Despite the win, Conte insisted, “We must continue to work very hard to continue in this way because we don’t have another option, only this”.
The Spain worldwide raced clear with three minutes to play and coolly fired underneath Gomes to seal all three points, and extend Conte’s undefeated run against Walter Mazzarri to seven league games.
The club and me are talking every day to improve this squad.
“But in Italy we d say that we complicated our own lives”.
“We played better than at Southampton last week”, he said. Both goals were our errors. We were not focused at either goal.
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“When you don’t start the game (well), usually you’re not happy”. We could have played in a more simple way. We played very well.
