Chances were also falling at the other end, however, with Ighalo at fault for missing one before Adrian came to West Ham’s rescue for the second.
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The Hammers appeared to be in control after a brace from Michail Antonio. The Hammers have also had to make due without the services of their star midfielder Dimitri Payet for the most part; the French global has only made one appearance as a sub this Premier League season.
New Watford manager Mazzarri is still looking for his first win, and a first clean sheet, after taking over from Quique Sanchez Flores and signing 11 new players in the summer.
It follows a resurgent comeback from Watford who were losing the game by two goals to nil.
Head coach Mazzarri said: “He [Deeney] showed that he has completely understood my mentality but I know the player and he had it even before my arrival”.
“Once identified, they will be banned from attending any West Ham fixture for life and we will request the courts serve banning orders to prevent these individuals attending any football”.
“Basically, we controlled the game for 40 minutes, we were two up and if anyone looked [likely] to score a third it was us”.
However, their good work was undone when Walter Mazzarri’s Watford pegged them back by half time, Jude Ighalo and Troy Deeney getting on the scoresheet in the minutes leading up to the break.
“However, we are positive with what we are doing here with our own job”.
In a statement, the club added: “West Ham unreservedly condemn the behaviour of the individuals involved in incidents during (Saturday’s) fixture against Watford”. After that, we had a couple of opportunities where we could have scored, but we didn’t.
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‘Complacency is a question, but I don’t think it was this.
