Rodgers fuming after dropped points

15 March 2009 12:18
Hornets goalkeeper Scott Loach dropped a corner to gift Marcus Tudgay the Owls' opening goal before defender Mark Beevers returned the compliment by scoring a bizarre own goal on the stroke of half-time.[LNB]But the second half belonged to referee Andy Woolmer.[LNB]Brian Laws felt Jobi McAnuff had pushed a defender in the process of heading Watford in front, but the Owls boss had good cause to thank the official later in the second period.[LNB]Woolmer amazed everyone by not sending off Wednesday captain Richard Wood three minutes from time when he appeared to commit a professional foul on Tamas Priskin.[LNB]And five minutes into injury-time Woolmer needed the intervention of his assistant before awarding a spot-kick after Jon Harley had fouled Jermaine Johnson.[LNB]"With referees you take the good and you take the bad," Laws said.[LNB]"I had the bad last game against Preston and I'll have to take the good, and I think it was quite fortunate that he decided it was two players coming together (Wood and Priskin), rather than what they call a professional foul.[LNB]"That's why he probably only gave a yellow, but I was expecting a red as everyone else was I think."[LNB]Watford boss Brendan Rodgers was equally bemused.[LNB]Asked if he thought it was a fair result, he replied: "Not when you're in the sixth minute of injury-time and the referee doesn't give a penalty, but his linesman does, then it doesn't seem very fair.[LNB]"Tamas Priskin was through one on one. Anyone who's seen Tamas Priskin in the last six weeks will tell you that's a goal, but it's unbelievable.[LNB]"How he's produced a yellow I don't know. He wasn't very good.[LNB]"But I will look at the positive. Maybe a few months ago that might have been a game we would have lost.[LNB]"I think you've seen the fight in the group and some of our play in the second half was very, very good and I just feel for the players that they just didn't get that extra two points which I felt they merited."[LNB]Wednesday took the lead in the 20th minute when Loach inexplicably let a routine catch squirm through his grasp and Tudgay had the easiest of finishes.[LNB]But Watford got back on terms just before the interval when Beevers fired past his own goalkeeper, possibly as a result of being nudged in the back by Priskin.[LNB]Lee Grant was picking the ball out of his net again 11 minutes after the restart.[LNB]Tenacious work from Harley ensured a Sean McAllister clearance only reached Don Cowie and his deep cross picked out McAnuff, who headed back across Grant from six yards to make it 2-1.[LNB]That looked like being enough for Watford until Harley's late rash challenge.[LNB][LNB]

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