Marco Silva says Fulham’s win at tonight opponent’s Millwall back in August was vital to their sensational season.
The Championship leaders played some sublime football at the New Den earlier in the campaign – leading 2-0 within eight minutes – but had to hang on for the points at the end after a late Benik Afobe goal brought Millwall back into it. But Silva believes that getting a crucial result in south east London was crucial to building their confidence.
“We came to play that match after a 5-1 win away from home at Huddersfield. Then we went to Millwall. It was one of the key points – and not just because we won the game 2-1. They scored later. The way we started that game, I remember talking about our standards before the match, that was a key moment that showed everything we are doing – and the way we want to play – is making sense.
Of course every time you make a statement, winning a football match, can help you grow as a football team. That was a really important moment for us. It is definitely a tough game. They won’t need many things to create problems for the opposition side – the way they play they are normally really clinical on second moments and we have to be aware of that.”
Silva also saw plenty of positives despite the 4-1 defeat at Manchester City in the FA Cup on Saturday.
“Looking at our performance we should’ve taken more from the game. The first half we can take many, many positives. We did a fantastic first half. We didn’t go there to just sit back and try to block their quality. We had the ball and created problems for them.”
