Blackburn Rovers v Watford: Championship stats & head-to-head

Blackburn Rovers head coach Valerien Ismael told BBC Radio Lancashire:

“The performance was right in the second half. We have now put ourselves in a good position, we have every chance now [of making the play-offs].

“One month ago it looked completely different with a lot of problems, injured players, we were losing games. And now we have turned it around with another brilliant performance in the second half.

“We stayed really calm after we conceded the goal and we finished well with two great goals.

“We will enjoy the moment now. It was our goal to win the game after we saw Coventry’s result at Luton before kick-off [a Luton win] and now it will be very interesting.”

Watford boss Tom Cleverley told BBC Three Counties Radio:

“For me, that was an unacceptable performance. It was way, way short of the demands we put on the players and the standards we set for large parts of the season.

“It was completely below the level in all aspects of the game. For me, it has significance on how we can enter the summer and prepare for next season to ensure we don’t fall short next season.

“We spent, I think, 10 weeks in the play-off places this season and next season we want to spend the last week in the play-offs, but performances like that are just unacceptable.

“It will be a significant performance that, because it’s clear that we need to change quite a lot to ensure that it isn’t replicated. I’ll start with the culture and environment, for sure, I feel like it needs to go up a level.”