Referee:Mike Dean Attendance:20,537
Match Report: Watford 1-2 Manchester United
Cathcart: “We Deserved To Come Out With Something”
Gracia: “We Tried Until The End”
Highlights: Watford 1-2 Manchester United
Foster: “We Can Hold Our Heads High”
Gallery: Watford v Manchester United
clips of Jon Marks BBC 3CR commentary Goals: 1
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PICTURES: A selection of images as Watford fall to narrow Manchester United loss
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho said Romelu Lukaku epitomised his team’s performance as they withstood a spirited fightback from Watford to claim back-to-back victories and condemn the Hornets to a first loss of the season.
The Watford supporters very audibly sensed vulnerability in United but, with Mourinho imploring his players forward, they suddenly struck twice shortly before half-time. 
Watford’s qualities showed their flying start to the season has been no fluke. Their state of blissful cohesion – so in the groove Javi Gracia has not felt the need to tinker with their starting XI at all so far – created a feelgood factor that was tangible.
A play in three acts, this. The Hornets lined up in the now conventional eleven; United kicking towards the Rookery in an alternative kit of nondescript colour which looked, as Cathal later observed, like it might be inside out.
It was a day to remember absent friends as it would have been GT’s 74th birthday and Toddy’s anniversary is this week. While there was little expectation that our 100% record would continue, we had to hope that the lads would still do them both proud.
I did have one question still on my mind as I left the ground. Did the United kit man accidentally leave a red sock in with the white United shirts?
