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Ed Still is "gutted" that his side failed to take their chances in a 3-1 loss at Stoke City on Saturday.
Watford head coach Ed Still has said he is "gutted" that his side failed to take their chances in a 3-1 loss at Stoke City on Saturday. Tom Ince missed two good chances in the first half before Potters winger Million Manhoef gave the hosts the lead. Hornets defender Stephen Mfuni also blundered a free header in the latter period before Manhoef completed his brace, with the lead momentarily halved by the Hornets' Nestory Irankunda in the final 10 minutes.
Sam Gallagher however stumped a Watford comeback when his strike sailed into the far corner on the 85th minute to seal the Hornets' 11th loss of the season. "Gutted because there's a little bit of the same feeling as there was after the Sheffield Wednesday game earlier this week, where we've started the game and had at least three huge opportunities there and come into the zones where we wanted to be, pulled the ball back to the zones we wanted to bring it back to," explained Still to BBC Three Counties Radio. "At this level, at any level, you need to be taking those chances to be one or two ahead, and then the dynamic of the game changes completely.
"You put the opposition on the back foot, you're able to set up and manage the game completely differently. "Then also we've come out early in the second half and had another couple of really, really good chances - not just situations, but actually real chances, which we haven't taken. " LatestWatford news, analysis and fan views Listen to Watford content on BBC Sounds