You can add the hapless Mamadou Sakho to that list after Ighalo’s latest see-you-later in Watford’s first home win against Liverpool in 30 years. They’ve got some decent players and some that might get better but it’s going to be a long road for them. “I’m not blaming anybody but myself to drop the first ball”.
Advertisement
‘The easy games everybody wins, the hard games we have to win much more of than we have until now’.
“Then you play against Watford, Crystal Palace, West Brom, and you’re not getting points out of these games”.
Nathan Ake made the most of an Adam Bogdan howler to open the scoring just three minutes in, before Ighalo doubled Watford’s lead after just 15 minutes. Now we saw completely the other side. We were clearly the better side but like so many times before were not able to make use of our chances. On the back of Sunday’s performance, it’s unlikely he’ll have done that, but with the extent of Mignolet’s injury still unknown, Bogdan may yet have a few more opportunities over the holiday period.
A toothless Liverpool were punished for their wastefulness when Deeney fed the ball through to substitute Behrami, who composed himself and delivered a super ball onto the head of the in-form Ighalo for his 12th goal of the season, completing an excellent win for the hosts.
The league leaders will arrive at Anfield to take on a Liverpool side who are winless in their last four games in all competitions since beating Southampton 6-1 in the League Cup.
“The pitch isn’t the best one, but it’s possible to play if you play easy football, you have to use the wind, not play against the wind”. Although he admitted that it was a very sound defeat, Jurgen Klopp believes the first goal against him shouldn’t have counted. There was a big space between what we wanted to do and what happened and that’s what we have to fill before the next game against Leicester [City on Boxing Day].
“The impression I have now is that the ball was live”, said Flores, denying accusations of a foul on Liverpool keeper Bogdan.
However, the 28-year-old thinks the midfielder committed a foul in dislodging the ball from his hands – an assertion backed by Reds manager Jurgen Klopp – but still conceded he should have dealt with the danger.
Advertisement
“I don’t think the players are good enough and there’s a lot of work ahead for them”, Souness told Sky Sports. Replays suggested he might have had two hands on the ball when Ake pounced, but nonetheless it was a poor error. We will never find out.
