Watford need to 'dig deep' - Cleverley

Watford boss Tom Cleverley said his team are going to have to "dig deep" to reach the Championship play-offs with 10 games left to play.

Saturday's 2-1 home defeat by Millwall kept The Hornets 11th in the table, six points adrift of West Bromwich Albion in sixth, ahead of Wednesday's game against Swansea City at Vicarage Road.

"Me and the lads are going to have to dig very deep, to look at what went wrong and to remotivate ourselves," he told BBC Three Counties Radio.

"There's six points to play for this week, starting with Wednesday night, and we have to show a reaction - and dig probably deeper than we have done all season to make sure we still achieve our goals."

The Hornets lost 19-year-old striker Mamadou Doumbia to what appeared to be a hamstring injury against Millwall, enabling substitute Vakoun Bayo to come on for his 100th appearance in a Watford shirt.

Cleverley was unhappy with his side's "flat" second-half performance and added: "If you're not at the races technically, you still need intensity, and second half there was a big drop off from too many. At this level, you get punished if you are down 10-15%."