Watford ride their luck to defeat QPR and advance to FA Cup quarter-finals
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Your support makes all the difference.Watford progressed to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup with a hard-earned 1-0 victory over QPR, despite being outplayed at Loftus Road.
Although their team selection again appeared to show a club for whom the competition is not a priority, Etienne Capoue’s gift of a goal put Watford to within one victory of reaching the final four at Wembley – after their Championship hosts had wasted enough chances to build a convincing lead.
Toni Leistner had a brilliant chance to rescue a deserved draw for Rangers in the closing stages but skewed his tap-in wide from all of two yards as the second ticked away.
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Troy Deeney:
It was Cup final for them. We didn’t want to be the ones to go out so we did it professionally. We were in control for a lot of it but weren’t dominating play and were getting a bit sloppy at times in the first half. But we talked about that at half-time and got better.
We’re not playing the best at the minute but we’re grinding it out. We’ve got character and resolve and when we’re on it, we’re a tough team to beat.”
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