Marco Silva says his Fulham side will have to be at the very best to beat ‘a high quality’ Manchester United side on Sunday – but the Portuguese head coach is confident that the Cottagers can put together a strong display.
Speaking during his pre-match press conference at Motspur Park this afternoon, the Fulham boss said:
“You are talking about a team with a high, high quality, high individual quality. They haven’t been so consistent, like they would like to be, of course. In some moments when they are in their best level, they are a really, really, really good team with a lot of quality all over the pitch, on the bench as well. They had some setbacks during the season so far, but we analysed them and we know what they are capable of and the quality they have.
“If they are at their best level, of course they are a really, really tough team to play against. And of course we analyse them thinking that they will be at their best level. It’s clear what they try to do, I think it’s easy to understand what they’re trying to do in every moment of the game. It’s up to us to keep preparing well, like we’ve been doing this week.
We know their strengths, some weaknesses as well for us to try to exploit. Of course it’s important to focus on them, but the most important thing for us is ourselves. I don’t want to put all this focus on Man United. Of course we really respect them, great team, great squad they have as well, but the focus is on ourselves, what we are capable to do, what we should improve from the last one as well, and try to play our best level, even if we don’t have all our squad ready for the match.”
