Marco Silva was delighted with a textbook away display after Fulham edged past Cardiff this afternoon.
The Whites came away with all three points from a tight encounter in south Wales thanks to a well-worked corner routine just before half time that saw Aleksandar Mitrovic head home his 34th goal of the season.
The Fulham head coach told his post-match press conference:
“It’s always tough to come here to play. We know that it is a game that demands from us always. In the right moments, they are fully focused and aggressive in challenges. From free-kicks and throw-ins, they looked to put the ball in our box and was the moment they believed they could punish us, apart from moment in the first half when we slept completely; a long ball from the ‘keeper was their biggest chance in the whole match.
I think in the second half we dealt with the set-pieces really well in the situation; if you look at both teams compared with size, there is a big, big difference. Our players dealt really, really well with that situation. We knew they would be the moments they force.
Apart from that, we controlled parts of the match – more first half than second. It’s our way to play and we did it. A little bit slower than I wanted and because of that, we didn’t create the most chances that we have created in a match, but we created enough. I think we controlled the match; we were the best team on the pitch and we deserved the three points.”
Silva dampened any talk of his side being favourites for the Championship title, with Bournemouth holding two games in hand following storm Eunice-related postponements.
“We are on the top of the table because we deserve it. We are playing well and as a group we are fighting when we should fight, playing well when we should play well. We are playing with quality. This is the main thing for me. Not just a matter of winning football matches, but when we play well, we can play well.
Other times we have to play the ugly side of the match, which we are doing in certain moments as well. Nothing is finished. Nobody can achieve anything by the end of February. We didn’t achieve nothing yet.”
