Marco Silva was delighted to see Fulham follow up Tuesday’s rout of Reading by putting six past Bristol City at Craven Cottage this afternoon.
The Fulham head coach was particularly pleased with how his side dealt with twice going behind to early strikes from Antoine Semenyo and the manner in which the Whites went on to record another resounding victory. Silva told his post-match press conference:
“Very happy, pleased to see the way we did it. Looking at the performance, I didn’t like at all the way we conceded the goals, but I have to congratulate my players for the way they reacted. This is the first time this season we came from behind, and this afternoon we came from behind twice.
We did it with big determination, and class as well, quality with the way we reacted to score some goals. I felt we worked hard because it is really tough everything they have done so far. We deserved the three points.”
“We have to send a message for ourselves first of all, for our fans, for the people that like Fulham Football Club. For our opponents the message that we send is when they play against us, nothing more. Their focus is in their games, our focus in our games. At the end of the season, we will see which team has more points.”
Silva lavished praise on Fulham’s forward line who looked devastating again this afternoon.
“The way he scored some goals this afternoon, he is Mitrovic, there is nothing more to say. We know his skills, his quality there, what he is capable to do in the box. The way he scored the two headers and the finish for his hat-trick was very good.
Two good goals from Kebano; the second goal is a very good one. He almost made a hat-trick as well, with the big chance in the second half. Our frontline is doing really, really well. Last Tuesday was Harry Wilson in a top level, this afternoon the other two popped up. It is everything as a manager that you want to see.”
Great result again today which proves our forwards are not the problem and we should be looking to bring in a good fast central defender possibly 2 as we will have to strengthen our defence if and when we get promoted.
A great result and a good performance. Mitro, Kebano and Wilson were outstanding . Cavalero also had a good match. We did concede two silly goals and our defence looks suspect especially against quick breaks. I do not wish to sound critical but when we were winning by such a margin why we did not give Stansfield 20 minutes or so. Muniz runs around like a headless chicken at the moment. More of the same on Tuesday night and that will give us a 5 point game over the chasing pack.
I Can’t argue with the terrific result. I would not make any changes for Tuesday’s match don’t change a winning team which must be high on confidence. Need to get the defence to handle quick breaks. Bristol City seemed to target Tete with most attacks coming down his flank. I fully concur that Jay Stansfield should have had some game time. I think he is better than Muniz. Cavaliho gave 100% today. The sooner we know his future plans the better.
A bit of a worry that we lack real pace down the middle of the team especially defensively. Mind you I would be happy to win 6-2 every game. Mitrovic untouchable at the moment and Kebano on fire too