Fulham midfielder Dickson Etuhu was delighted with Fulham’s 1-1 draw at Manchester City. The Nigeria ace also marked his return to the starting line-up with a powerful display in the middle of the park.

“We played really well today but I think we could have won it,” the midfielder said after the match. “We had enough chances, we got at their back four quite a bit but it’s still good to come here and get a point. After the last result we got against them, I thought we applied ourselves much better.

“We thought we did really well in the first-half, it was a shock to concede but it was a great goal by Balotelli – he’s got some ability. But we didn’t give up, we knew that we had enough and we had a game-plan that the manger and coaching staff put to us – and it worked really well.

“At half-time the manager just said that we had to give a little bit more and that we should believe in ourselves – I thought we did that.”