Watford 'crazy low' about confidence after latest Gentleman City thrashing
Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster admitted the Hornets' confidence is "crazy low" because they slipped in to the relegation area with one video game of the Premier League season to go after being thrashed 4-0 in the home by Manchester Metropolis on Tuesday.
A change of administration did little good after Watford became the earliest Premier League workforce to sack three managers in a period when Nigel Pearson departed on Sunday, as City bounced again from their weekend disappointment of losing an FA Glass semi-final to Arsenal.
Raheem Sterling scored twice in the first 50 % before Phil Foden and Aymeric Laporte curved off a thorough City win as Pep Guardiola's men won a fourth direct league video game for the very first time this season.
The margin of defeat could send Watford down come the final day of the growing season on Sunday because they dropped in to the bottom three on goal difference after Aston Villa beat Arsenal 1-0.
Watford happen to be Arsenal at the weekend, while Villa take on West Ham, who are actually realistically safe due to a much superior objective difference.
"I don't believe we helped ourselves, I don't believe we did more than enough to accomplish anything but what the result suggested to be honest," said Foster, who helped keep the score down with a good string of saves.
"The confidence is so crazy, crazy low. I have no idea why it ought to be, nevertheless, you get into circumstances of striving to minimise as substantially damage as you can and it's a dangerous way to do things."
City will end the season found in second place regardless of what happens on the ultimate day when they host already relegated Norwich, but Guardiola was pleased to get a reaction from a good bitterly disappointing 2-0 defeat to his aged assistant Mikel Arteta's Arsenal on Saturday.
"Watford were performing for a major issue but we were a lot more aggressive in our senses today," Guardiola explained.
"We had to avoid the game we played against Arsenal, especially the first one half. Whether you get or lose you should move in the dressing bedroom and declare, 'OK, I've completed everything'. This should always be happening at the big clubs and the last game we didn't do it."
- Blown away -
City have now beaten Watford by a combined score of 18-0 within their last three meetings after a great 8-0 rout earlier in the growing season and 6-0 found in last season's FA Glass final.
Hayden Mullins took charge of the hosts about a non permanent basis for the next time this year and create to frustrate the visitors by defending deep with little risk of ever screening City's soft spot in the centre of their defence.
However, there was little doubt over the results once Sterling manipulated Kyle Walker's cross and fired powerfully in to the top corner on 31 minutes.
Nine minutes later Sterling was removed within the area by Might Hughes and was presented with the opportunity to further his likelihood of chasing down Jamie Vardy for the golden shoe as Kevin De Bruyne handed over tasks from the penalty place.
Foster practically made the Belgian regret that decision with an excellent conserve from Sterling's penalty but the England international followed up to tap house his 19th Premier League aim of the season.
Foden added the 3rd after Foster had again denied Sterling's initial effort before Laporte was still left completely unmarked to brain residence De Bruyne's free-kick as the latter moved to within among Thierry Henry's record of 20 Premier League assists in a season.
