Boothroyd blasts Watford players - Sport - Evening Standard
       

Boothroyd blasts Watford players

Watford manager Aidy Boothroyd accused his players of being "unprofessional" as they crashed to a 3-2 defeat at Burnley after throwing away the lead twice.

He said: "If you go ahead in a game like that, you win if you're a professional. We were very unprofessional and that's why we got beat.

"We were 1-0 up, 2-1 up and then lost 3-2 — that doesn't happen. You win the game and we didn't do that."

Will Hoskins broke the deadlock in the sixth minute but Burnley equalised with a penalty from Graham Alexander after Leigh Bromby handled under pressure.

On the stroke of half-time, the home defence allowed Hoskins to ghost in for his second.

But Burnley got themselves back on level terms for a second time when Martin Paterson scored just after the break and then Wade Elliott settled an entertaining game with a second-half header.

Comments

Don't Miss
The Glamour Awards - stars turn on the style

Glamour Awards

Stars turn on the style
Duchess of Cambridge is pretty in pink at her first Buckingham Palace garden party

Garden party

Duchess of Cambridge is pretty in pink
FIRST review of Ridley Scott's latest sci-fi blockbuster Prometheus

First review

Is Ridley Scott's Prometheus any good?
Fair-weather goths

Fair-weather goths

The sultry shades of summer darks are coming out of the shadows
London gets ready for the Diamond Jubilee - in pictures

Diamond Jubilee

London gets ready - in pictures
Dog save the Queen: Corgis surge in popularity

Dog save the Queen

Corgis surge in popularity
'He’s a better ex than he was a husband', says Boris Johnson's ex wife

A better ex than husband

We talk to Boris Johnson's ex wife
TV Baftas - in pictures

Best of the Baftas

Stars on the red, white and blue carpet
You big softie: Has Giles Coren put down his poison pen?

You big softie

Has Giles Coren put down his poison pen?
Pop star Paloma Faith, former Labour minister and Tory blogger back gay marriage video

Gay marriage

Pop star, former Labour minister and Tory blogger back gay marriage video