Watford boss Billy McKinlay was delighted with victory over Brentford.
Oscar Garcia was named head coach following Beppe Sannino's resignation at the end of August, but illness saw the Spaniard relinquish the role after just 27 days.
It was a match Watford won 2-1 thanks to an Odion Ighalo effort and Matej Vydra's wonder-strike, with Brentford unable to add to a Jonathan Douglas goal despite Daniel Pudil's late sending-off.
"I am very, very pleased, to be honest," said McKinlay. "First of all, I am really delighted to be in charge.
"Maybe I would be exaggerating a little bit if I said I enjoyed it that much. I am enjoying it now but I am really pleased obviously with the result and certain aspects of the performance.
"There are little bit and pieces we need to work on going forwards, but overall I am really happy.
"Yesterday was a really strange day. Things happened so quickly and obviously the rest is history, as they say.
"It was a hectic day but I spoke to the players and just said 'listen, the most important thing is your performance and your focus'.
"Unfortunately these things happen in football in many guises but I just said they had to settle down, focus, concentrate on the game and cut away the sideshow. I think we did that really well. I am pleased."
