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Watford hold on to beat Southampton and Burnley snatch late draw with West Ham

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Watford hold on to beat Southampton and Burnley snatch a very late draw with West Ham in the Championship on Sunday afternoon.

The earlier kick off saw the Saints not get off to the best start, goals from Nabizada and Bravo put Watford in control, then Larin got what ended up being a consolation goal. Harwood-Bellis missed a huge chance in stoppage time to level the scoreline for Southampton..

It may be a game in, but Southampton are now seven points off the top after having begun the season with a four-point deduction due to the Spygate scandal.

Watford meanwhile are 8th, new boss Dionisi winning in his first league game in charge.

Watford boss Alessio Dionisi told the club’s media: “I am very happy and I am very tired!. The match was difficult as Southampton are very strong.

“In the first half, I saw one team, a compact team with the ball. The second half was difficult.

“In every match there are moments, and in the first half there were a lot of positive moments.

“I liked the mentality of my players. They worked together without the ball and with the ball. In the first half, in transition, we were very good.

“The atmosphere was fantastic, at the start and at the end.

“I didn’t know this atmosphere, as I have watched English football from Italy.

“For me it was a good experience and for the coach it is wonderful to see my players happy.

“I am very happy for Nabizada, for the supporters, for everyone. e have one team, one mentality.

“We take it match by match, day by day. Tomorrow is a day off but on Tuesday we work to improve.”

Meanwhile at Turf Moor, West Ham threw away a two-goal lead to draw on their return to the second tier, Zian Flemming’s scoring twice to make sure Hayen didn’t lose on his first Championship game in charge.

The Hammers had been 2-0 up up until the 83rd minute, thanks to goals from Kilman and Solomon.

Zian Flemming said to Sky SportS: “I think we were quite good for the entire game to be fair and we obviously conceded two goals which maybe shouldn’t happen but I think overall we probably deserved even more than a point.

“If you’ve seen the chances we had, the chances I had, think some myself and the lads have to do better and some are just, you have to be a little bit lucky or at least not unlucky. But I think we showed great persistence to keep going and keep going and kept the belief even though we were 2-0 down that we could score and get back in the game.”

Interviewer: “Yeah, you came close so many times. You hit the post, you had one cleared off the line, you just got to keep believing that it’s going to turn.”

Zian: “Yeah, to be fair, I’d rather miss a chance and be close and not get any chance at all, you know what I mean? Because it gives the whole team like a signal that we were doing well and in the end if you keep going you can get your reward.”

Interviewer: Kyle, what did you make of the way that he kept going and your teammates today to get that point?

Kyle Walker said: “No, think that’s what he’s done the whole throughout the last season, you when he was playing, he always puts 100 % effort in and he gets his reward with the goals. The first one’s a penalty and the second one’s obviously a ricochet, but you take them as strikers and that’s what we need in this league.”







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