Crystal Palace made it difficult for us - Watford boss Flores

Watford manager Quique Sanchez Flores refused to blame a second-half penalty on his side's loss to Crystal Palace.

The Hornets were beaten 1-0 by the Eagles at Vicarage Road on Sunday after Yohan Cabaye's successful 71st-minute spot-kick but Flores did not want to be drawn on that decision as his side struggled throughout to create chances of their own.

"We were not comfortable during the match because Crystal Palace closed the space. We tried to switch the ball but we had difficulties at times," he said.

"I'm not satisfied with the performance, we always try and do our best and create attempts but sometimes it is impossible.

"At half-time we tried to change something but it was a normal match other than the penalty."

The Spaniard added: "We didn't lose today because we conceded a penalty. We lost today because we didn't play well and Crystal Palace played better than us.

"We didn't have a good performance."

The defeat was Watford's second in the Premier League this season and first at home in four league outings.