20th April 2024- Championship, Watford 0 Hull City 0

https://www.skysports.com/football/watford-vs-hull-city/teams/485229

Sky: Ozan Tufan’s penalty blunder left Hull facing a mammoth task to make the play-offs after a 0-0 draw at Watford.

BBC: The Tigers were awarded a penalty with just nine minutes on the clock after Wesley Hoedt brought down Fábio Carvalho, although Bachmann dived low to his left keep out Tufan’s spot-kick. That rescue act lifted the hosts who saw Yaser Asprilla and Emmanuel Dennis spurn chances before Bachmann once again denied Tufan, this time from a clever backheel.

Watford Observer: RECAP: Watford 0 Hull City 0

Long search for a home win goes on after Hornets held

Cleverley admits he has to change the team’s mentality

BHappy: The most immediate consequence of the penalty save was that the level of niggle in the game was amplified.  Watford’s support raged at the visitors’ propensity to hit the deck easily;  the away end no doubt perceived instead an attempt by the home side to kick the shit out of their opponents.  In truth there were elements of both, perhaps exaggerated by a refereeing performance that comprehensively failed to command respect even if it never entirely lost control of proceedings.  An ongoing spat between Jaden Philogene and, astonishingly, Ryan Porteous was the most prominent; the Scot, along with the rest of the Three Amigos at the back, picked up a yellow as eight were shared between the two sides.

Fran’s Watford Blog: So, the Hornets are still waiting for their first home league win since November.  After a poor first half, the second was much better and the Hornets had some decent chances, but didn’t test the keeper.  Hull City were very annoying opponents, going down far too easily.  I spent a large part of the game turning the air around me blue at their antics.  Thankfully none of my neighbours reported me to the stewards.  Dan Bachmann comes in for a lot of criticism that I have never really understood, but he had an outstanding game saving a penalty and making a couple of other decent saves to preserve his clean sheet.  Another positive from the game was the return of King Ken, which was very welcome.  I am not in the camp that abuses Lewis, but Ken offers so much more.  Seeing him running at players quickens the pulse and he always looks as though he will create something.