An Aleksandar Kolarov own goal gave the in-form Hornets a second half lead after the Serbian struggled to deal with a Ben Watson corner of supreme quality, but strikes in the last eight minutes from Yaya Toure and Sergio Aguero turned the game on its head.
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With the win, City sit third on the log, one point behind second-placed Leicester, while leaders Arsenal increased their lead at the top with their 1-0 win over Newcastle at the Emirates.
Aguero – and City team-mate David Silva, who he managed at Valencia – are the best players he has worked with Sanchez Flores saying: “I managed a lot of good players, but Silva and Aguero were a little bit different”.
City goalkeeper Joe Hart said: “I know we’re capable of doing that but the Stoke game and this one gave me a bad feeling when I’m in goal”.
Manchester City finished top of their Champions League group, despite losing their first game in the competition to Juventus at the Etihad Stadium.
“We continued to think we would [turn the game around], and we did it. It was a very good game, and tough for both teams”.
“Before the goal he made better movements than last game, so I hope next game we are going to see the complete Sergio”.
“Yaya has been very important to us as a team and we all trust him”, he told reporters. “In January, we have the semi-final of the Capital One Cup, we start the FA Cup, we have so many games that the most important thing is to try to go game by game”. “But I think we deserved the three points as we had the ball more, more attacks and had more shots on target”. We believed we could win and finally, at the last moment, we had the opportunity to do that.
Bet365 make Watford 4/1 while Manchester City are 4/6.
If you have an older sibling, you always pray for the moment when you can bully them like they did you. We played really well but it’s football and we will learn the lessons for the future.
Manchester City pulled it out of the bag late on at Vicarage Road to avoid a major blow in the title race and close the gap on Arsenal to three points.
Not only did City end their away-day misery after seven winless games, but more significant was the sight of Aguero hitting the goal trail once again.
Watford manager Quique Flores has backed Manchester City to win the Premier League title this season.
City boss Manuel Pellegrini said: “Kun is very important to our team”.
“I’m so sorry, so sorry, the players were incredible, so sorry for the fans”.
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But Watford sprung out of the traps after the break, with Watson drawing Hart into a low save with just two minutes on the clock, before Fernandinho spurned another great chance for the visitors, sending a free header over the bar on 54 minutes.
