Sasa Lukic was delighted to break his Fulham duck by scoring in the Whites’ impressive dismantling of Tottenham Hotspur at Craven Cottage on Saturday night.

The Serbian midfielder is enjoying an extended run in Marco Silva’s midfield and delivered another dominant performance as Fulham eased to a third Premier League home London derby win in a row. His partnership with Joao Palhinha in the middle of the park was pivotal to the Cottagers’ success and Lukic capped an excellent display with the vital second goal, steering home Timothy Castagne’s cross four minutes after half time.

“I am so happy to score my first goal for Fulham. It was my knee, it was strange, but it’s important to score a goal. I hope to score many goals for Fulham. This was my fourth game in a row. Prior to that, I didn’t play much and it was hard, it wasn’t an easy time. I worked a lot on myself. But it proved that with a performance like tonight and the ones against Manchester United and Brighton, work has been paying off.”

The former Torino man downplay the significance of getting the better of England international James Maddison either – with Serbia set to face England in the group stages of this summer’s European Championship in Germany.

“Yeah, I can’t wait. Already today was like a dress rehearsal because Maddison was there and it’s definitely going to be a good game against England at the Euros. I’m proud to be Serbian and play for my country. It is our first time in the Euros after a long time and I hope to do well.”

Lukic also told the press that Rodrigo Muniz’s red hot form in front of goal has not come as a shock to his Fulham team-mates.

“No, I’m not surprised at all, I see him every day in training, I see how he works, I see how he behaves. He only has to keep it going.”