Watford secured successive Premier League wins for the first time since September as they claimed 2-1 victory over 10-man Burnley who saw their dismal away form continue at Vicarage Road.
First-half headers from Troy Deeney and January signing M’Baye Niang was enough for the Hornets to seal all three points and build on their stunning win at Arsenal midweek. Burnley, however, played the majority of the game with 10 men after midfielder Jeff Hendrick was sent off after just six minutes.
Ashley Barnes’ late penalty gave the Clarets hope but Burnley have now claimed just one point from a possible 33 on the road with only Sky Bet Championship side Rotherham winning fewer away points in the top four divisions this season.
Watford manager Walter Mazzarri: “I’m very happy of course because we won. I liked the way we played in the first half but I’m not happy at all about the second. This is why I say we have to grow in mentality as a team because the big teams would have closed this game like we should. We could have scored three or four goals but we didn’t do it and we risked losing three points for immature mistakes that could have changed the game. The only excuse I can find is that we played a very important game a few days ago against Arsenal where we spent a lot in terms of condition.”
Burnley manager Sean Dyche: “I don’t usually over praise the side but I thought they were fantastic, particularly in the second half. The early blow of getting a man sent off but then another blow before half-time, the mentality to see through that and still respond to the challenge and still take the game on, to try and win it, I thought was absolutely outstanding. 11 versus 11, with the way we performed today, we would have probably won the game. It’s a tough one (Jeff Hendrick’s red card), I think in the heat of the moment, the referee is under pressure to give it.”
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