Darren Bent put a positive spin on a night of frustration after Ipswich Town were stunned by Watford.

The Blues suffered their first League setback since New Year's Day on Tuesday night as they went down 2-1 in a Coca-Cola Championship clash at Portman Road.

Bent missed a host of chances and was left cursing his luck that he finished on the losing side let alone failed to make the scoresheet.

But he told the Gazette: "I'm a positive person and it'll take more than that to get me down and affect my confidence.

"I'd be worried if I wasn't getting in the right positions to get chances, but I know that if I keep doing what I'm doing the goals will come.

"It was a really frustrating night - we had eight or nine decent chances and I could easily have scored a hat-trick.

"But I sensed it was one of those nights, especially when I had a shot which came down off the bar. Then I knew my luck was out."

Published Thursday, February 24, 2005

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