REPORT: The sun is shining but Vicarage Road is a dark place this evening after a dreadful afternoon for the Hornets watfordfc
A limp display devoid of passion at your biggest rivals is as bad as things can get. Wrong. Watford have plunged their shambolic season to even darker depths, turning Vicarage Road toxic as fans vented their anger at the players and owner Gino Pozzo.
That resulted in some boos but the atmosphere deteriorated starkly when Huddersfield took the lead with a goal that was almost scored in slow motion as Matty Pearson’s header crept inside the far post- following a free-kick. Those boos grew in intensity. Huddersfield came into the game buoyed by victories over Middlesbrough and Millwall in their previous two matches and Neil Warnock made just the one change, with David Kasumu replacing the injured Duane Holmes.
Huddersfield threatened in the 14th minute with an attack down their left which was ended when Ryan Porteous brought down Rudoni just outside the area, a foul that earned the first yellow card of the afternoon, but the Hornets were able to see off the danger from the free-kick and an ensuing corner, albeit after Bachmann had unconvincingly tried to deal with the latter.
The visitors threatened again when a corner from the left picked out the largely unmarked Tom Lees and although Pedro managed to clear his header, the attack was kept alive and the ball was played back in from the right but Pearson stabbed it wide of the near post. Huddersfield had threatened more than once from out wide though, and a minute before the break they got their reward.
Much of Watford’s build-up play had been, like in so many other games, slow and ponderous but an injection of pace saw Sema release Hoedt on the left and the defender hit a first time cross on the run which Pedro headed over. Wilder’s response was to bring on Ismaila Sarr and Assombalonga for Kone and Cathcart, as stewards moved into position in front of the Rookery with the atmosphere becoming increasingly toxic.
Indeed, the Hornets increasingly adopted an approach of get the ball wide, cross and hope that something might come of it.
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