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Watford stars Andre Gray and Domingos Quina apologise to boss Nigel Pearson and their team-mates after being dropped for Southampton defeat for breaking lockdown rules at birthday party

Watford players dropped for Sunday's defeat by Southampton for attending a lockdown party made personal apologises to team-mates on Monday.

Andre Gray and Domingos Quina both took to social media on Sunday night to say sorry for their actions - but as Sportsmail exclusively revealed earlier those who attended the gathering offered a face-to-face apology to manager Nigel Pearson and colleagues at the club's Hertfordshire training centre earlier in the day.

Gray, Quina and Nathaniel Chalobah were all stood down from duty on Sunday amid links to the party on Friday - just 48 hours before the home loss to the Saints.