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Watford boss Javi Gracia: Hughes does what he wants

Watford boss Javi Gracia was delighted with their 4-1 rout of Fulham.

Fulham needed to avoid defeat to put off their inevitable demotion for another week and were level at half-time, Ryan Babel having equalised after Abdoulaye Doucoure's stunning opener for the Hornets.

However, second-half goal from Will Hughes, Troy Deeney and Kiko Femenia condemned them to an immediate return to the Championship.

Gracia said: "Now is the moment to start to think about the next game - an important game, a semi-final. All the people are looking forward to the moment. To achieve 46 points is something amazing.

On Will Hughes' spectacular goal, he added: "I know what Will Hughes is able to do. He has high quality. When he is motivated in that moment he can do whatever he wants.

"Not only him, but the whole team was much better in the second half. Fulham played better than us in the first half.

"The team is keeping a good level throughout the season. Andre Gray is being very, very important in the past few games."

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