FITNESS FIRST FOR SUPER SUB BAAH

VICTORIOUS Tom Cleverley wants Kwadwo Baah to improve his fitness as Watford defeated high-flying Sunderland.

- Robert Dunford

The German forward came off the bench to earn the home side all three points, after being fouled for the decisive penalty.

Goals by Festy Ebosele and a Tom Dele-Bashiru spot-kick were enough to cancel out a Sunderland equaliser from Wilson Isidor.

Baah has been a substitute every league game this season, and Cleverley believes his player needs to be able to play for longer.

He said “He’s been excellent for us this season, and that poses the question why he’s not in the team every week. He just needs to be fitter, to repeat these sprints, but he’s winning games for us right now.

“It was a little bit of tale of two halves, I thought we were excellent in the first half. Then we had to absorb a bit of pressure in the second, without conceding too many chances.