'We'd like to have passed the ball around a bit more, but were put under pressure at times. But we dealt with it well and there was a lot of hard work achieved by the side today.'
Leeds' winner arrived in just the sixth minute when captain Richard Naylor prodded home from just a yard out, and they were then indebted to goalkeeper Kapser Schmeichel who thwarted everything thrown at him after the break.
Watford manager Malky Mackay said: 'It didn't quite happen for us today. We huffed and puffed, had some near misses and on another day could have got a draw.'