Abdoulaye Doucoure admits Watford head coach Walter Mazzarri said nothing to the players after their EFL Cup defeat to Gillingham.

The Hornets boss was very unhappy with the team's mentality after taking the lead against the League One side.

But the Italian, who speaks to the media through an interpreter, did not say anything to his side following the defeat at Vicarage Road which leaves him still searching for his first win in charge.

Midfielder Doucoure, who made his first start for the club, said: "He said nothing. I think he’s disappointed like the players. He’s not spoken.

"He came in but he didn’t speak. Nobody talked and and we’re all disappointed about the result so we didn’t talk.

“Tomorrow we will talk with each other and look at the mistakes we made tonight."