Marco Silva was bitterly disappointed by Fulham’s defeat at Wolverhampton Wanderers – slamming his side’s sloppy start to the second half.
The visitors dominated the first half at Molineux and could quite easily have been in front after Harry Wilson and Tosin Adarabioyo missed glorious chances, but found themselves 2-0 down after they failed to heed the head coach’s instructions during the interval.
Silva told his post-match press conference:
“I was not happy with the way we started the first half, the first five minutes, and I told the players that we had to start the second half completely different. It was something that we reinforced at half-time and it’s really strange the way we started the second-half because we were aware that we had to start much quicker with much more of the ball. We started really, really bad in the second half,. Not with the intensity we want and gave them the chance to press us. We gave them the ball in positions we shouldn’t and the goals come from those moments.
“We don’t want to take credit away from Wolves. They fought, they did their best to win the game, but we lost the game this afternoon. It was ourselves. And this is what has to make us really disappointed and frustrated. We created enough to be leading the scoreline at half-time, but we started too slow in the second half. Our build-up was too slow, losing some balls in dangerous areas, and of course, that created momentum for them.
The Portuguese boss also felt Fulham should have been far more clinical in front of goal.
“We have to be frustrated. It is a big disappointment for us. We did create enough chances to win this game, that is the reality. First half it was just chances for us and some clear ones. [There were] some great saves from Jose Sa, but with the chances we had, you expect the ball to be in the net. We have to be clinical and ruthless at this level, we weren’t and we were punished by those mistakes.”
