Marco Silva is targeting a strong start at home as Fulham prepare to take on Leicester City at Craven Cottage tomorrow.

The Portuguese head coach felt there were plenty of positives from last Friday’s narrow defeat at Manchester United – despite the frustration of failing to take a number of good opportunities at Old Trafford. Silva told his pre-match press conference:

The feeling after [the game against Manchester United] was a bit strange because we deserved to take more from the game. It was a very open game in the second half and it could have gone one way or the other. For our first game, having lost so many players from last season, it was very, very good.

I expected [a good performance] as our pre-season was top and our spirit is very good – the dressing room is getting into the shape that we want. Our first 25 minutes at Old Trafford was top level, but of course we have to be more consistent throughout the game. To take a result is the most important thing, but we still took lots of positives from the game and we want to build on the positives and get a good result.”

Silva wants his side to replicate last season’s home form – where the Whites took 29 points from nineteen games – but knows that the Whites will be in for a tough test against the newly-promoted Foxes.

The first home game, we are looking forward to it because it’s a special feeling for all of us to play at Craven Cottage. We have been really successful there for the last three seasons and we want to make it a tough place for teams to come to again. Our fans are always behind us and hopefully they can enjoy our football. We want to start well at home, but Leicester come off the back of a good result against Tottenham. Like always, it’s going to be a tough Premier League game and we want to start on the front foot, do our best to win the game and get the points.”