Raul Jimenez was pleased to finish the season strongly with a well-taken brace against Luton Town – but insists Fulham can do better next season.

The Mexican international made the most of a final day start at Kenilworth Road by scoring twice as Fulham officially relegated the Hatters and cruised to a comfortable 4-2 win. Jimenez believes that the strength in depth demonstrated as Marco Silva made six changes to his starting line-up shows the abundance of quality in Fulham’s first team squad.

He told FFCTV:

“It was a good game for us. We went onto the pitch, we played our game so I’m really happy with the team performance and my two goals. I finished the season really well, really good for the team but we know that we can do better next season.

It showed that we are ready for when the gaffer needs us. We are all there, available to play and to go onto the pitch and do our best for the team to do better. It puts us into a very good place for next season. It always good to have options there. We have a very good relationship on and off the pitch. We are happy for each other when we score.

It’s good for us to finish like this. We started the Premier League this season winning and we finished the season winning. We know that maybe we should have finished higher in the table, but this is football. Sometimes you don’t get what we deserve. We must rest now and get ready for next season.

It was a difficult start, but then after that I got what I needed into the team. I did what the team were asking from me. After that, an injury – but after that Rodrigo appeared and he did brilliantly. It has been good for me to work with Marco Silva. He gave me the confidence I needed to be doing what I’m doing. I’m very happy about that.”