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First win pleases Coyle

28 Nov 2007 - 10:32:07

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Owen Coyle hailed the team performance after seeing Burnley win for the first time under his leadership at Watford.

The Clarets won 2-1 at Championship leaders Watford on Tuesday evening and afterwards the former St Johnstone boss - who was named Burnley manager last week - was thrilled with the commitment on display.

Second-half goals from Andy Gray and Joey Gudjonsson sealed Coyle's first three-point haul.

"To come here and give the level of performance we did as a team made the victory merited," he told the club's official website.

"Whoever comes to Watford will be put under pressure because they are a good side.

"They threw the kitchen sink at us in the end, but we stood up and dealt with that and I thought we looked really fluent when we had the ball.

"From start to finish we gave every ounce of effort and nothing we did was a surprise. We took what we did in training into the game.

"I asked the players to come and believe in what they could do because I've seen with my own eyes that they are good players.

"I don't want to single out individuals because this was very much a team effort.

"I've stressed that from day one and we want to foster that spirit now and keep it going."