Championship: It Was An Important Moment For Watford - Ekong

  Championship: It Was An Important Moment For Watford - Ekong By Sampson Adedeji Nigeria's Super Eagles Watford FC defender William Troost Ekong is still in cloud nine after helping the Hornets to a 3-2 over Coventry City at Vicarage Road, BSNSports.com.ng can reports. Watford took the lead through Andre Gray but two quickfire goals from Coventry pegged them back. It was Nigeria international who restored parity from the set-piece and set Watford on the path of victory. Ekong was elated after the match and also underlined the importance of set-pieces in the championship. " It was an important moment and set-pieces are so important in this league, you see how they can change games. It’s been going against us so far this season so to score from a set-piece is massive. “I’m happy I managed to contribute like that today and hopefully we can get some more during the season.” “The goals for are really important,” said the Nigerian international. “We have to do a bit better, we’ve been conceding too many in the last few games but there’s so much we can still improve and I think this team has so much potential. “We just have to keep going and keep working, keep the goalscoring going and hopefully we won’t concede as many goals from set-pieces as we have done. “The first half we were dominant but just missing a goal. We played well in possession today, we moved the ball better than we did in the previous games and it’s always nice when we score the first goal," he stated