Watford manager, Aidy Boothroyd was typically honest in his assessment of the Friday evening defeat at
Speaking after a second half in which he had seen his side concede three goals without reply to wipe out a one goal advantage Boothroyd said,
“When you are a young team, you always experience wobbles. But the players weren't nervous, we lost because of the mistakes we made.
"We threw it away. Full credit to Palace, but we gave away a penalty, and scored two own goals.
"We thought we would gain impetus when Andrew Johnson went off but there was a long break and we lost concentration."