Xisco Muñoz wants his team to respond to the disappointment of taking only one point from the Riverside Stadium by moving up a gear for the final six matches.
Although a draw at Middlesbrough doesn’t spell disaster for the Hornets, it ended a six-game winning streak and should act as a wake up call that there’s plenty of distance left to run in this promotion race.
“Right now, I’m only thinking about what we can work on better for the next game,” said the Head Coach. “Our team has very good numbers and we need to keep going, play with the same ambition as we have been doing in the next games.
“I’ve said before that we will sometimes have difficult moments and it isn’t easy. When we win, I always say we can enjoy for 20 minutes and then think about the next game. Today I’m disappointed, and after I’ll work for the next game. We’re always working for what we can improve, because we know we have important games ahead.”
Middlesbrough didn’t muster a single shot in the first half and Yannick Bolasie’s 78th-minute equaliser was their only effort on target all game. Yet Watford, despite their chances, were unable to add to Ismaïla Sarr’s 32nd-minute opener and this proved to be a lesson in how important ruthlessness is in this division.
“We didn’t have a lot of chances, but we had clearer chances to score. Sometimes in football it is like this,” said Muñoz.
“We had a very good team in front of us. They are strong, they have power, they have speed. Sometimes this happens, it’s important to keep going. We always try to win the games and give a very good performance, but sometimes you have in front of you a good team.”
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Reading is up next on Friday night and Muñoz is targeting an immediate return to winning ways to strengthen Watford’s position in the Championship table.
“We have a very good challenge until the final,” he said. “We are fit, we are ambitious, we are in a very good moment. I’m sure our squad will give their best to take the maximum points.
“We know our objective from the first day. It’s important to go step by step. The first step is to guarantee play-offs, after we try to take second position, and after we will try to take first position. The most important is to keep going with the same attitude until the final.”
