Aidy's View: Manchester Utd

Last updated : 14 April 2007 By Sam
"I don't think it was a 4-1 in terms of performance but when you've got the ball you are very vulnerable against them," the Watford boss said after the tie at Villa Park.

"We certainly had them rattled for long periods, particularly in the second half, but when you've got the quality that they've got they can always counter-attack very quickly.

"I think we earned some respect, certainly from the Manchester United fans who clapped the players off.

"All you can do is come here and have a go. I thought our fans were great again today.

"I thought they started the better and it took us a little bit of time to get going but once we got that 15 minutes out of the way I thought we settled down a bit.

"It took Hameur to have a little bit of a flare-up with Wes Brown to get things going."