Quique Sanchez Flores revealed his love for Odion Ighalo and Troy Deeney after Watford’s impressive strike duo netted in the defeat of Norwich.
Deeney’s first-half penalty means he has scored in four consecutive matches, while Ighalo wrapped up a 2-0 win in injury time with his ninth Barclays Premier League goal of the season.
Between them, Ighalo, who snubbed a lucrative move to China in the summer and signed a five-year deal, and Deeney have scored 14 of Watford’s 17 league goals this season.
“I love my strikers and I love the team we have,” Flores said after seeing his side move up to an impressive ninth in the league.
“We have passion, we have ambition and we have soul. I have an amazing feeling with these players and they are loving the Premier League.
“They are playing well and they are doing the best they have inside. Deeney feels passion for this team and Ighalo took a very good decision months ago when he had the opportunity to go and he stayed here.”
On a cold and blustery afternoon at Vicarage Road, Watford avenged last season’s 3-0 defeats home and away to Norwich in the Championship.
With 30 minutes gone, Etienne Capoue dispossessed Alex Tettey, who was dithering on the ball, and in his attempts to make amends for his error, the returning Norwich skipper then hauled Ighalo down.
Referee Mike Dean had no hesitation in pointing to the spot and Deeney sent Declan Rudd – chosen by Norwich boss Alex Neil to start ahead of John Ruddy – the wrong way.
Ighalo was a constant thorn in Norwich’s side and got the goal his impressive display warranted, shrugging off the attentions of Sebastien Bassong to slip the ball under Rudd in stoppage time.
“It was a difficult victory for us because Norwich started the match well,” Flores added.
“We needed to stop that so we tried to create a very good balance between offensive and defensive, and step-by-step, little-by-little we started to play a little bit better.”
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