Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster admitted that the Hornets' confidence is "very low" as they entered the relegation zone with a Premier League season game after being defeated 4-0 at home by Manchester City on Tuesday. A change of administration didn't do much good after Watford became the first Premier League team to fire three managers in one season when Nigel Pearson left Sunday when City recovered from its disappointment over the weekend of lose a FA Cup semifinal to Arsenal.
Raheem Sterling scored twice in the first half before Phil Foden and Aymeric Laporte completed a comprehensive City victory when Pep Guardiola's men won a fourth consecutive league game for the first time this season.
The margin of defeat could knock Watford down on the last day of the season on Sunday, as they fell in the last three on goal difference after Aston Villa beat Arsenal 1-0.
Watford travels to Arsenal over the weekend, while Villa faces West Ham, which is now truly safe due to a far superior goal difference.
"I don't think we helped each other, I don't think we did enough to do anything other than what the result suggested to be honest," said Foster, who helped keep the score low with a series of saves.
"Confidence is so crazy, very low. I don't know why it should be, but you're in a state of trying to minimize as much damage as possible and it's a dangerous way of doing things."
City will finish the season in second place no matter what happens on the last day when the host has already relegated Norwich, but Guardiola was pleased to receive a reaction from a bitterly disappointing 2-0 loss against former arsenal from his assistant Mikel. Arteta on Saturday.
"Watford was playing for a big problem, but today we were much more aggressive in our senses," Guardiola said.
"We had to avoid the game we played against Arsenal, especially the first half. Whether you win or lose, you have to go to the locker room and say, 'OK, I've done everything.' This must always be happening at big clubs and we didn't do the last game. "
From NDTV Sports
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