Marco Silva was delighted for Harry Wilson after the Welsh winger came off the bench to tilt the west London derby in Fulham’s favour with a dramatic stoppage-time double.

The Fulham head coach admitted that Wilson hasn’t had the playing time he has sought this season but praised the Welsh international’s attitude after the former Liverpool man inspired Fulham’s late, late comeback.

Silva said:

“It’s been a tough season for him and Harry wants to play more, he’s not getting the minutes he wanted. It’s not easy to find space for everybody but he’s on fire for the national team and in a Fulham shirt we knew he is capable. He needs to wait and be patient and when he gets a chance he needed to take it, he had a great night and this is the most important thing. I know him very well. I think he was my first signing at the club and he’s been important for us. I congratulated him and he deserves this moment.”

The Portuguese boss was adamant that his side fully deserved the victory.

 “We deserved the three points, no doubts about it. It summed up our season so far, we were dominant, we were the best team and created more. They didn’t have anything until that moment (Janelt goal) from 25 yards and they scored, we didn’t lose the confidence and we tried pushing them back and had many ways to score.

“The result was unfair for some time, I told the players to keep pushing and I have to give praise to Brentford, they defended hard in their box. The reality is we didn’t give up. We put Harry Wilson in a different position and we let him be closer to Rodrigo (Muniz) and he has good timing into the box.”