Watford provided a tough, physical test, as expected, dropping players in deep and making it difficult to break their lines. Sonny found the breakthrough as we were growing into the game towards the end of the first half and we should really have won by further as Harry Kane, Dele and Eric Dier all went close in the second half. At the other end, we were defensively tight again as Watford created few chances of note, and Hugo Lloris didn’t really have a serious save to make.
“It feels good,” added Nuno. “I thought we played a good game, a consistent game. We didn’t allow too many things. We knew the threat of Watford, we managed it well, controlling the deep, but we should be better on second balls.
“On the offensive aspect of the game, it was very hard to find the spaces, the gaps. In the first half we didn’t have enough dynamic or mobility, but in the second half we improved much. We had clear chances to kill the game and transform the result. So, with all that, I’m very happy because the players worked very, very hard.”