Championship: Slavisa Jokanovic hails Watford side after win at Fulham

Championship: Slavisa Jokanovic hails Watford side after win at Fulham

Patron of Watford Slavisa Jokanovic put his nightmare November behind him that Troy Dembélé has inspired a 5-0 by Fulham 10 men demolition.

Jokanovic, fourth head coach this season, the Hornets began to feel the heat after four defeats rights having regard to their fall from the first place to seventh.

But the Dembélé hat and two goals from Almen Abdi thrown Watford back in the play-off and tasks within three points of leaders Derby.

"We can be happy," said Jokanovic. "After a bad November we started better December." It was very close to a functioning perfect after some bad results.

"We played a fantastic match. I need to be happy, I would expect my players and fans go home happy.

"In the last matches us had no control and offered many gifts. Today, we were in control. But in front of us is a great space to improve. »

Unlike Watford, Fulham were in good shape and were looking for a fifth win in six matches at home.

But they could have been two down within eight minutes if it had not been for Marcus Bernard superb save header from Daniel Tozser and Konstantinos Stafylidis compensation Denney, off the coast of the line.

Watford got their noses in mind after 15 minutes when Abdi led to low free kick between the legs of Dembélé and under a wall jump from Fulham.

Evening hosts went from bad to worse three minutes later when Bernard cut Matej Vydra as Czech around him forward, the Hornets gain, a penalty and goalkeeper attempted a red card.

Demanet dispatched the spot-kick before Gabor Kiraly and pushed the third leg of keeper shortly before half-time after replacement defended more woeful Fulham.

Abdi has hit the goal of the night after 51 minutes, a superb, powerful 25 yard curling effort, and Beth completed a hat trick with a strike escaped in stoppage time.

"" You have to learn from it and there is quite a lot that we can learn from that, "admitted Fulham Manager Kit Symons." "There are lots of hard work and a lot of improving to do.

"We started very badly and Watford went all fire blazing guns. We have given a wrong path goal and then the sending-off makes life difficult. We had a mountain to climb.

«After the break, there was a wonder strike and a sloppy late goal, but the players showed good character in the second half ".»

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