Watford vs Swansea

Slaven Bilic's first home game in charge of Watford has ended in defeat after Swansea City came from behind to win 2-1 at Vicarage Road tonight.

The Hornets appealed strongly for a penalty and referee Tim Robinson went over to consult his linesman before awarding a goal kick, signalling the end of Watford’s hopes of salvaging something from the game. James Morris came on in his place on the hour for his league debut, going to left-back, with Kamara moving over to the right side of the defence. The replacement started confidently enough, sweeping a cross-field pass out to Sarr with his first touch before striking a cross moments later. That seemed to settle the Hornets down but it looked like they had been pegged back three minutes before the interval when Gaspar conceded a free-kick on the edge of the area. It was a defensively diabolical goal to concede. But the Swansea forward was not to be kept at bay for much longer. Watford safely navigated five minutes of injury time, although Asprilla did pick up an injury in the latter stages, and Louza was soon out on the pitch warming up. Watford put themselves under pressure almost immediately as Mario Gaspar and then Christian Kabasele conceded possession from attempted passes, leading to Hamza Choudhury conceding a free-kick on the left angle of the penalty area. Hassane Kamara lifted the ball down the left to Davis, who’d pulled out wide. And they paid a heavy price seven minutes into the time added on when Manning floated in a free-kick from the left and Cabango was given the freedom of the penalty area to head the visitors in front with ease. And it began to result in opportunities. It was the visitors who were to first to ask an attacking question after the break, with Obafemi seeing a shot from the edge of the area deflected wide of the near post.