Fulham head coach Marco Silva hailed Rodrigo Muniz after the Brazilian followed up his winner at Newcastle fired the Whites past a battling Wigan Athletic and into the fifth round of the FA Cup.

Muniz put his head in where it hurts to put Fulham in front from Ryan Sessegnon’s cross and, with the Premier League side rocking after Johnny Smith’s sensational leveller, produced a fine finish to the put the Premier League side back in front.

Silva admitted that the superb from of his top two strikers is giving him a selection dilemma after watching his side squeeze past League One Wigan, managed by his former Hull City forward Shaun Maloney.

“It’s great competition between him and Raul, definitely. It’s always good when you have two strikers that have been scoring goals, and important goals for us. The best example is what’s happened last Premier League game against Newcastle, when both scored.

“When you have a chance to start a game like Rodrigo got this afternoon, you have to step in and he did it. This is what you want. I know that I made 10 changes. Sometimes it’s not easy to keep the same consistency in terms of the way to play, but most of the time of the game we did it.

“Rodrigo did something that is really strong. Inside the box is really strong. I’m really pleased for the second goal, because it’s something that we have been working with him, with these type of runs and moves.

“That is something that is clear to improve, to understand sometimes that cannot play always the back to goal. “Great response for him. Not surprised, as he’s in a good moment, like Raul. Great competition, just to me, for me to decide who is going to be the best solution for each game related to the strategy, the moment, the opposition side too.”