Watford end losing run at Rotherham by having to win ugly
They say you have to win ugly sometimes, and this was the Elephant Man of victories.
Rotherham United 0-1 Watford: Yaser Asprilla earns victory for Hornets
Report and free match highlights from the Sky Bet Championship match between Rotherham United and Watford at the New York Stadium on Saturday | Yaser Asprilla steers Hornets back to winning ways at the Millers.
Watford gave their season the much-needed boost it required with a 1-0 win at struggling Rotherham.
Both teams went into the fixture out of form and on the back of three straight defeats but Yaser Asprilla’s second-half winner helps Valerien Ismael’s team to look up again.
Watford won the reverse fixture 5-0 but were happy to walk away from this one with a much narrower winning margin and were clinging on by the end.
Neat interplay between Hakeem Odoffin and Peter Kioso led to Rotherham’s first chance with Odoffin just firing off target from Kioso’s pull-back.
Andy Rinomhota also shot off target on the volley after Sean Morrison’s long throw dropped nicely for him.
Watford’s first effort came from lone striker Mileta Rajovic but his header, from Asprilla’s cross, dropped wide of goal.
Asprilla then came close himself with his effort from the edge of the box deflected onto the roof of the goal.
