Watford Ladies have failed to score in three of their past five games after they lost 3-0 away to Durham Women in the FA Women’s Super League Two.

Having previously lost to Yeovil Town and Aston Villa, Watford needed a win to take them off the bottom of the table but a double from Beth Hepple and Emily Roberts’ denied them a resurgence.

Hepple scored once in each half and sandwiched Roberts’ 55th minute strike at New ferens Park, which handed The Wildcats their first win in three.

The Golden Girls midfielder Ellie Mason admits that while are side are having some trouble playing out from the back, they are making progress after they beat Everton and Oxford United.

She said: “It was a tough game, it is really frustrating when things don’t go your way. We stuck together as a team, but maybe next time we will get a better result.

“Durham are a good team but we didn’t play as best as we could. In parts of the game we were playing our football, and when we were doing that we were getting through and getting shots away.

“I think we were too slow coming out from the back. If we were quicker coming out from the back we would have more of a chance to get up the pitch and try and get some efforts on goal.

“We need to work on how quick we play out from the back. We need to work on that in training and bring that into our next game.

“We need to look at it and come out better and stronger in the next games. Last season we only won once. This season we have improved a lot more, there are more positives coming out of games.”

The Lady Hornets still sit at the bottom of WSL League Two and are a point behind Millwall Lionesses and will face Sheffield Ladies at home on Sunday, August 14.