“We are fighting a lot, we are very competitive”, Watford manager Quique Sanchez Flores said. There was a big space between what we wanted to do and what happene and that’s what we have to fill before the next game against Leicester [on Boxing Day].
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Rooney inflicted a nasty challenge on Chelsea forward Oscar late on but revealed he had apologised to the Brazilian. He told Chelsea TV: “I think the desire and the effort was spot on”.
The Hungarian goalkeeper dropped Ben Watson’s corner that led to Nathan Ake’s goal in the third minute of the game.
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Should Wenger move for Hernandez, it is likely he will have to more than double the fee Leverkusen paid United. Hernandez spent last season on loan at Real Madrid, where he scored seven goals in 23 La Liga games.
There was quite a bit of controversy about the goal, as Ake seemed to have kicked the ball out of the keeper’s hand, which might explain the Bogdan howler.
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The pass gave Auburn a first down on the three-yard line but the drive stalled before Daniel Carlson kicked a 20-yard field goal. The play calling in the second half was much better as he leaned on Jovon Robinson and let him finish off Memphis.
Jurgen Klopp’s men were far from their energetic best and went 2-0 down on 15 minutes, when in-form striker Odion Ighalo outmuscled Martin Skrtel before firing past Bogdan.
Game, set and match.
Liverpool improved slightly after the break, Jordan Henderson and Emre Can testing home goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes, but Ighalo had the last word when he headed in Valon Behrami’s right-wing cross with five minutes remaining.
Harry the Hornet gets in on the act as well…
However, replays showed that Bogdan may have had both hands on the ball at the time of Ake’s strike.
Not since April 1987 have Watford, promoted to the top flight this season, won four successive games at this level of English football.
“We came here to do something really different from what you saw against Watford”.
Liverpool failed to put in much of fight back as they lacked any real direction and were subsequently punished again, as Ighalo doubled his tally and sealed three points for Watford.
“I would say hopefully it is the most disappointing moment in my whole Liverpool FC life from now on”, said Klopp.
The seventh-placed Hornets’ fourth successive win lifted them to within one point of the top four and maintained the momentum of a remarkably strong showing in their first season back in the top flight for eight years.
“I think he’ll finish the season with Watford, after that anybody knows”.
“The result is very bad, but I’m really disappointed about the reaction on the first goal because things like this can happen”. “In terms of positions where we need to buy, you could go right through the spine of the team – centre-half, centre-midfield, striker”.
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“I don’t blame the referee or anyone else”.
