With their defensive organisation, Watford rank joint-second for under 2.5 goals in the Premier League (10 out of 16, 63%) and Liverpool are not far behind (nine out of 16, 56%).
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West Ham United stayed eighth after a third successive goalless draw when they were held by managerless Swansea City, still in the bottom three.
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Bogdan was soon beaten again on an unhappy afternoon when Watford captain Troy Deeney sent leading scorer Ighalo away to net for the fourth game in succession. And there have been only 12 goals in eight games at Vicarage Road this season.
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“We are fighting a lot, we are very competitive”, Watford manager Quique Sanchez Flores said.
Yet the Spaniard was keen not to get too carried away with his side’s progress.
“Four wins back-to-back is massive and starts our so-called tough run that everyone’s talking about”, a jubilant Deeney added on Sky Sports. Now we saw completely the other side.
Klopp criticised his team’s “bad reaction” to conceding twice in the opening quarter of an hour.
“We lost our minds after the first goal, we lost our compact formation”, Klopp said.
Bogdan protested that the goal should have been ruled out for Ake kicking the ball out of his hands, but referee Mark Clattenburg disagreed.
His first goal came in the 15th minute to complement Chelsea loanee, Nathan Ake’s 3rd minute controversial lead, before he headed in Valon Behrami’s cross in the 85th minute to close another Liverpool bad day in three consecutive EPL games.
Owen wrote in his blog for Colossus Bets: “Watford v Liverpool is a tricky one, given the home side have proved surprisingly solid this season, keeping seven clean sheets”.
The spotlight turned back on the defence and goalkeeper Simon Mignolet last weekend with the concession of two set-piece goals against West Brom, which was a sign that the old failings are still there.
Bogdan finally made a positive contribution to deny Ighalo after more poor defending early in the second half.
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Klopp will be looking for a return to that level after the return of Coutinho, who could make the difference if Liverpool’s pressing game wins the ball for him high up the pitch.
