Tough Manchester City Defeat For Flores

Head coach Quique Sanchez Flores has said that the late defeat to Manchester City at the weekend was very tough to take because it was a great performance from the Watford boys.

In quotes carried by Sky Sports from his post game interviews, Flores knew just how well Watford had done in the game and given the control they had for large parts of the match, just made the final result even more gutting.

‘It is very to hard accept what happened today in the match. We played fantastic, we played really well, we had great attempts, we had the control and in the last moments we lost the match. We conceded some space to Manchester City, and some space for Manchester City is enough. It is impossible to play better than we did today. If we think about the level of the opponent, it is impossible to do more. We played with football, we contained Manchester City’s strikers, we created more attempts than the opponent, we controlled the ball and we had chances until the last moment so it’s difficult to accept this.’

With the result meaning back to back defeats for the first time since November, and all three of the last three losses being to late goals (Manchester United, Tottenham and City) Flores know we have been a largely unlucky but equally there are things that can be learned to stop it from happening again in the future.

‘We played really well against Manchester City and we the opportunity to win but that is football, we need to accept it and learn the lessons for the future. It is very hard, though, because my players deserved more. When we play against massive teams like Tottenham, United and City, I have the feeling that we are completely unlucky. We need to accept that this is our destiny today, for our season at the moment. We have the opportunity to change in the future. Of course, the most important thing now is to move as soon as possible because it’s very hard to accept that we didn’t get any points. We need to eliminate this match, think about what we did well and to think about the next game.’

Adding overall following the showing.

‘I`m very happy. It`s impossible to explain how we lose this match. I try to take the good and positives we have for this team. I`m so sorry, so sorry, the players were amazing, so sorry for the fans. We want to win, for us it`s not enough to be in the middle of the Premier League, we have a lot of reasons to be happy, but we are sad because we want a lot more. City have an amazing team, they have amazing players. They have the possibility in two minutes to change the dynamic of the match.’

He also said that undoubtedly with the quality our opposition at the weekend had, they were the title favourites now players were coming back to fitness like Sergio Aguero.