By Steve Coombs

STOKE CITY 1Vidigal 53 WATFORD 0 STAR MAN KI-JANA HOEVER Stoke CityISMAEL: BASICS WERE MISSING VALERIEN Ismael blamed Watford’s failure to do the basics properly as their winning run came to an end. Substitute Yaser Asprilla spurned two glorious opportunities to open the scoring and then level late on, but the Colombia international failed to convert. “Our performance in the first half was not good enough and we didn’t stick to our gameplan,” Ismael admitted. “We created chances, but it wasn’t enough and we weren’t ...