Watford: Draw at Sunderland is two points lost – boss Cleverley

Watford head coach Tom Cleverley feels it was two points lost after coming so close to what would have been an excellent win at Sunderland.

A Tom Dele-Bashiru penalty and a wonder strike from Imran Louza had seen them come from behind to lead.

But just when it looked like they would claim a first win in four games, Dennis Cirkin claimed an 89th minute equaliser.

And it left Cleverley frustrated after so much good work during the match at the Stadium of Light.

“For 80 minutes, we were absolutely outstanding,2 Cleverley told BBC Three Counties Radio.

“We showed character, we wanted to get on the ball. We suffered a setback, but we responded brilliantly.

“I thought the game-plan was executed perfectly for 80 minutes but then we had a really poor last 10 minutes.

“It was schoolboy stuff and we’re much better than that. We’ve managed to see games out much more efficiently than that.

“It’s disappointing as it feels like we’ve lost two points as the performance was so strong up to then.”