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Marco Silva is hopeful that Tom Cleverley will be fit for Watford's difficult trip to Leicester next week.

The Hornets midfielder has been a key figure under Silva, but had to be taken off with 35 minutes on the clock yesterday.

He appeared to signal that he had tweaked his hamstring, although Silva did not confirm that after the game.

Silva had been preparing to take Ben Watson off and replace him with Roberto Pereyra, Cleverley's injury forced him to change his plans though.

"Ben Watson was coming off for Pereyra, but Tom gave a signal to wait a moment," Silva explained.

"I asked him and he said he could not play because he had an injury.

"He said it’s nothing special and I hope we will have him back for Leicester next week."

Watford's injury problems have hampered their progress over the past two months, with Silva criticising the medical department prior to the game with Southampton.