{"id":449926,"date":"2026-02-28T08:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T08:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/449926\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T08:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T08:07:11","slug":"still-watford-are-starting-to-believe-in-each-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/449926\/","title":{"rendered":"Still: Watford are starting to believe in each other"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Jeremy Ngakia&#8217;s stunning winner earned the Hornets a big three points at Ashton Gate, after Luca Kjerrumgaard&#8217;s early opener had been equalised by Scott Twine.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Still had been encouraged by his side&#8217;s reaction to the 2-0 defeat to Ipswich Town on Tuesday, feeling it proved there was still a determination inside the dressing room.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  And he highlighted the &#8220;hunger and desire&#8221; his team showed on Friday night in what was a relatively even match, with Ngakia&#8217;s winner the moment of quality they needed to take the points.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The head coach said: &#8220;It struck me after the Ipswich game to see how disappointed the whole dressing room was after losing at home to Ipswich.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;To see that everybody was gutted at having lost that was something I fed off.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;The most important thing beyond anything else this evening was the energy the players found and the heart they put into it. I think everybody saw that.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;The commitment that&#8217;s gone into the performance was great and then we forced a little bit of luck at the end.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;A wonder goal like that doesn&#8217;t just fall from the sky and they&#8217;ve had a couple of chances where on another day it might be a draw.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We&#8217;re not getting ahead of ourselves but it does feel special. I&#8217;m so pleased and proud of the dressing room.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;They&#8217;re coming together and starting to believe in each other. Hopefully the fans can feel that and feed off that. We want to give them that vibe, that we&#8217;re going to go at every game, wherever it is.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n    WHAT A STRIKE! \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Ngakia fires Watford back in front with a phenomenal goal \ud83d\ude31 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nkqOTEKs93\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/nkqOTEKs93<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    \u2014 Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyFootball\/status\/2027498146511638992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">February 27, 2026<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n  Ngakia stole the headlines after a stunning strike into the top corner that earned him the plaudits of his team-mates.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Still said: &#8220;I&#8217;ve seen too many of those fly over or out of the stand, but it was brilliant.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;What a worldie, what a goal. And he deserves it because he&#8217;s one of the players who has had better seasons. He deserves it for his work, his professionalism.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;He&#8217;s starting to build confidence in his body after a tricky period of injuries and niggles, so I&#8217;m delighted for him.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It was great because his team-mates are really delighted for him as well.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;He&#8217;s a great guy.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jeremy Ngakia&#8217;s stunning winner earned the Hornets a big three points at Ashton Gate, after Luca Kjerrumgaard&#8217;s early&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-449926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}