Cardiff interim manager Mark Hudson:
"Obviously we're disappointed to concede the goals that we did, with all their individual quality the most disappointing thing is we conceded from two corners.
"I'm pleased we created the chances we did, we put them under pressure. They had a good spell in the first half but in the second half we showed we can be brave and take it to top teams.
"They have individual quality but they didn't hurt us from that, they hurt us from our mistakes."
Watford manager Slaven Bilic:
"It is a great three points, and a great win, deserved.
"We started sloppy, nowhere near what we wanted to and gave them a goal, a free header.
"But after 20 minutes we started to play, we were dominant with good moves and switching sides, what was missing was the cutting edge.
"We had to create more chances with the quality we have up front, you can say we're missing players but we showed character, spirit and determination and it's a great away win."