Blackburn returned to winning ways as they produced one of the comfortable football results of the midweek action in the Championship. Ryan Hedges opened the scoring in the 38th minute before Dominic Hyam sealed the three points in the 82nd minute. The hosts move to third on the table with the three points. Watford has won just one match in the last six games.
Managers Reaction:
Blackburn’s Jon Dahl Tomasson: “It was a fantastic result. I think if you look at the first 10 minutes, we had three shots on goal, we were creating chances, we were dominant in the first half, and scored a great goal with one or two touches, against a side who should be one of the favorites to go up. They have plenty of good players who have played Premier League. In the second half, it was good to see we were dangerous from set-pieces, scoring a goal. When you play against good players, and Watford has very good players, you have to be very focused and concentrate for 90 minutes.”
Watford’s Rob Edwards: “Didn’t start well, lost too many duels. That was really evident. Blackburn was sharper onto a lot of first and second balls than we were. When we did have the ball, we weren’t good enough with it. We weren’t able to break their pressure and counter-pressing and that made for a really difficult evening, especially in the first half. There was a lack of spirit and fight in that first half especially and it’s something that we have to rectify really quickly. No one at any level is good enough to just turn up and win a football match and we certainly are not, so we have to earn the right. We need to see a reaction. Blackburn was well worthy of the win.”
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