Premier League 2019-20, Watford 1-2 Chelsea: 5 Talking Points

Modified Nov 04, 2019 13:00 GMT

Goals from Tammy Abraham and Christian Pulisic helped Chelsea down Watford

#3 Toothless Hornets are destined for the drop unless they can find goals

Watford's Andre Gray struggled in front of goal

Watford didn’t play outright badly today, but after this loss they remain firmly rooted at the bottom of the Premier League table. And to be quite frank, it’s difficult to see them getting out of danger while they remain so toothless in front of goal.

Take away Gerard Deulofeu’s controversial penalty today and they would’ve ended the game goalless. Had that been the case, it would’ve been the Hornets’ 7th blank of 2019-20 – and we’re only 11 games into the season.

Based on today it’s easy to understand why Quique Sanchez Flores’ side have only scored 6 goals thus far – the least of any Premier League side.

Their players did get themselves into some dangerous positions today, but in all honesty they never really tested Kepa Arrizabalaga – 3 shots on target all game says a lot. And for the majority of the game it felt like Deulofeu was doing all the attacking work by himself.

It’s true that their main striker – Troy Deeney – has been injured since August. But it’s also painfully clear that without him the goals are going to be hard to come by; today’s striker Andre Gray was essentially anonymous.

Unless they can change that soon, Watford will continue to be in deep trouble.

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