Cleverley 'angry' but Watford now have 'nine finals'

Watford boss Tom Cleverley says his side need to improve their game management as they prepare for "nine finals" to reach the Championship play-offs.

The Hornets are four points behind the top six after a 1-0 win over Swansea City at Vicarage Road on Wednesday night.

Moussa Sissoko's emphatic finish after Tom Ince pounced on Goncalo Franco's loose pass gave Watford victory, but Cleverley was critical of a second-half performance in which they almost gave up the lead.

"I don't think it's sustainable to be honest, how we're managing the games," he told BBC Three Counties Radio.

"I'm quite angry with how we managed the game - the application from pretty much everyone is to the maximum of what it needs to be and I just think we can manage the game better.

"We can't keep putting these games to chance because again the first-half performance was fantastic and the second-half performance, we looked like a team that's tired and making poor decisions.

"We need to address it as soon as possible because the first-half performances are too good to go unrewarded.

"We have to demand more from ourselves because to reach our goals then I am not sure if the second half performance would help us do that."

On whether Watford can still reach the play-offs this season, Cleverley added: "We just need one big push now on Saturday [at Oxford United] to get to the international break in a good position and it's going to take all of our effort.

"Nine finals. We'll tick them off one by one."