Watford manager Roy Hodgson says his team must 'sweat blood' to win points in the Premier League.
The Hornets fell three points from safety after Tuesday's loss to West Ham United.
Speaking after the game, Hodgson said: "You tend to judge your team's perform through rose-tinted spectacles sometimes because it is the team you work with. I was pleased with a lot of what we did tonight and I think it was a little bit cruel to lose the game to a deflection. I don't think David or any of their people would have said it was a scandal had we not lost the game. But we are playing a form team. I am not disappointed with the performance but I am in the result.
"I have been in equally bad situations. We have quality players coming back. The players will hopefully get more confident in what we are trying to do. Even already with very little work they have shown and picked up out concepts really well. We need to align that now with the danger we think we have in attack, win some matches and not worry too much about what teams around us are doing.
"Two new players - Samir and Kamara - have made a big difference. They are quality players. We have worked hard but all teams do. I cringe when I hear people say they worked hard on the training pitch because who doesn't? That is part of the job. If your players are mot prepared to sweat a bit of blood for you, you will not do well in this league. Manchester City will sweat blood, and they have quality players. I am absolutely not disappointed or frustrated in how we performed. It is now important the players take what they think they did well and make sure we are ready to go again against Brighton.
"We had a good defence but they have a good defence too. It is very difficult to produce that golden goal chance at the right time. When you are down at the bottom these kind of games happen to you. The deflected goal can make you feel sorry for yourselves, but you need to avoid that temptation."
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