There was plenty of head-scratching among Watford players and fans alike after the Hornets dominated their clash with Blackburn Rovers but ended up…
There was plenty of head-scratching among Watford players and fans alike after the Hornets dominated their clash with Blackburn Rovers but ended up empty-handed as the visitors snatched a 1-0 victory at Vicarage Road.
Matheus Martins went the closest, hitting one superb first-half effort against the bar, while another shot after the break was turned onto the woodwork as Valerien Ismael used several attacking options without any paying off. Blackburn also came into the game with four points from their opening three fixtures and Jon Dahl Tomasson made just the one enforced change from the 2-1 defeat at home to Hull City, with Callum Brittain replacing the suspended Harry Pickering.
It took until the 20th minute for the first chance to arrive and Bachmann needed to make a good save to keep the game scoreless, falling low to his left to keep out Sammie Szmodics’ low drive. But there were a couple of anxious moments at the other end, first when a Joe Rankin-Costello cross was just too high for Szmodics, before a mistake from Asprilla let the visitors in again before the linesman flagged for offside.
Tomasson followed suit with a double change of his own, as Andrew Moran and Sam Gallagher replaced Tyrhys Dolan and Harry Leonard soon after. And Moran was soon to have an opportunity as he was played in on the left side of the area but his shot was tame and comfortable for Bachmann.
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