Watford boss Marco Silva says his side deserved to beat Newcastle
Saturday 25 November 2017 18:42, UK
Watford boss Marco Silva says his side deserved to beat Newcastle as they eased to a 3-0 win at St James' Park on Saturday.
The Hornets faced an out-of-form Newcastle in the Premier League, but saw the stats come rolling in after their victory, having now scored at least two goals in each away league game this season.
They have also won more Premier League points on the road in their seven games this season (13) than they did in 19 on the road in 2016-17 (12), but Silva insists that he is not going to compare this campaign to the last.
"I don't want to compare and it is not my job to compare with last season, but of course, I know what Watford did last season but it is a new year and I think my players are working very well," he told Sky Sports.
"They work well during the week and they played very well again today. They understood what we had planned for the match. I'm really pleased, it is very important for us.
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"Our philosophy is to always play to score but I really like my team to always have good balance and to keep very good defensive organisation. With this in our team, we can attack well. If we don't defend well, then we can't attack well.
"We could do it today because we kept our good organisation today and like normal, we created chances and usually you score in the match.
"I think we achieved good things during the match and we deserved the win, congratulations to everyone. Now is the moment to rest and prepare for the next game."
Watford face a tough ask in their next match on Tuesday - hosting Manchester United - but Silva says that he will prepare his players in the same way.
"I'm happy in this moment but my job is to prepare the team for the next match, prepare well for the next session. I don't usually change a lot when we win or don't win," he added.
"I am happy because we won this match. We performed really well again, to have a clean sheet is really important for us as a team as well."
