Gianfranco Zola has admitted Watford are in a crisis and that the players lost their confidence “some time ago”.

The Hornets have not won in their last six matches and have lost their last four games at home.

Today’s 3-0 loss at Vicarage Road came at the hands of a Yeovil Town side who were bottom of the table before today’s fixture.

Zola was asked if the current situation was a crisis. He replied: “Yes I would be a liar [if I said no].

“It is certainly a difficult moment and today was a game we couldn’t lose so yes it is certainly a tough moment but I believe in this group and these players and I know we can get out of it. We will have to work harder now because of course in this particular moment the results will be harder to achieve.”

He started his press conference by saying: “As you can imagine, I am not feeling very well to be honest. I am disappointed, very much so.

“We lost our confidence some time ago and today that has been very costly.

“I can’t blame anyone on the pitch [for not trying] because they are trying and we had a lot of possession and players in good positions but we didn’t manage to score because the confidence of the players’ right now is not at the top.

“To play this type of football you have to be full of confidence.

“That is the situation. Again I can’t say the players are not trying but right now it isn’t working. It’s as simple as that.”

There will be more comments from Zola uploaded in half an hour.