Marco Silva was delighted with Emile Smith Rowe’s impact as the summer signing scored his first Fulham goal in the Whites’ win over Leicester City at Craven Cottage this afternoon.
The Portuguese head coach hailed the influence of the former Arsenal attacking midfielder and believes the England international will only get better with more minutes under his belt.
Silva told his post-match press conference:
“It’s always important (to get your first goal) when you sign a talent like him, it’s important to have the impact. We signed him not only just for now but for a long time, it was important for him even though he has experience. Last season he didn’t play football, I think it was his first goal in the Premier League in two years as well.
He settled in the pre-season, it was important to get a little bit more confidence and he scored a good finish. When we sign a player for that position we need them to be decisive, he got the conclusion to finish in the right way. He’s far from his best from a physical point of view, he’s going to improve, he’ll adapt more, it was nice to see him be decisive.”
The Fulham head coach was delighted with the link-up between Antonee Robinson and Alex Iwobi for Fulham’s winner too.
“It was a great pass from Robinson and that’s something we wanted to exploit down the left. He’s been impressive, he’s improved as a player, he was one of our best players of the season last season and he never stops. The way he started last week shows he’s a great athlete and he is able to keep improving.”
