Barnsley manager Keith Hill saw his team subside to a gruelling 2-1 defeat at Watford and admitted it was a bad advert for football and more like rugby.

Hill joked that he was tempted to leave after just 10 minutes, but he stayed on to see John Eustace score twice and Barnsley manage only a late consolation from substitute Scott Golbourne.

Hill had no complaints about the result, but said of the game: "It was very boring and not great to watch. I thought about getting on the motorway to avoid the storm after 10 minutes. That's how bad it was."

He added: "I like my football but that resembled rugby. We lost the game and maybe that was down to Watford. They stopped us playing and have plenty of quality.

"We controlled possession but didn't do enough of it."

Watford manager Sean Dyche was delighted with his side's professionalism after they secured back-to-back wins in a week where leading scorer Marvin Sordell departed the club.

Dyche said: "It is difficult in football to win perfectly every week and it is important that you find a way of winning and today we did.

"That sounds negative because we played well in the first half particularly and started brightly at the beginning of the second half through good game management.

"We didn't look fazed, (goalkeeper) Scott Loach has had hardly anything to do, we kept a solid shape and we were knew they would push on - which they did - but we were aware of that and Eustace pops up with his second and we were looking like good value for the win.

"I expected the game to just drift because we were managing it well and without being as fluid as we have been, we were in control and then we conceded a soft goal. Overall, I think we were good value for the three points."