Marco Silva was disappointed that Fulham again failed to take their chances as the Whites went out of the League Cup at Preston North End – losing an epic penalty shoot-out 16-15.
The Fulham boss lamented his side’s failure to be clinical in the final third once more as they failed to make their dominance of possession and territory count at Deepdale before being edged out after the shoot-out stretched to a record-breaking 34 spot-kicks.
Silva told his post-match press conference:
“I think, when there are games to go penalties, it’s about confidence. But, the game got tight. I thought we did enough in [the] 95 minutes to win the game. From the first minute, we took control of the game and I think we created enough chances to score more goals. That is the situation.
We created two or three chances that we should have scored. One rebound in that moment on the edge of the box and they scored. A very good reaction from us second-half. We took control of the game all second half. A good goal from us.
[We had plenty of] chances again, lots of crosses and moments where we should’ve scored. They scored more [penalties] than us, now they’re playing in the next round. We had the desire and ambition to be there through the game. Unfortunately for us, we weren’t clinical and we didn’t score.”
The Fulham boss highlighted Ryan Sessegnon’s performance and the way he created Reiss Nelson’s equaliser as a positive.
“It was a very good run from Sess. Â I think he’s improving, he’s getting better. From the first minute until the last minute, he kept composure always. He was strong defensively and, of course, offensively we know that he is capable to do. It’s important for him to get the confidence he needs because all of us know the quality that he has.”
Oh Dear The performance was Abysmal right from the first whistle no intensity certain players just did not want to know I can’t think of any positives other than Nelson what is wrong with Wilson does not seem the same player very big worry up front Muniz was a non entity this striking position will cost us dearly also take nothing away from Preston they were the better team on the night you cannot just stroll around waiting for things to happen the big clubs know how to win these sort of matches
Think you’re probably right.
Failure to score: As an ignorant soul who just listens to Gent Jim and Jamie, and doesn’t get to enough matches, are we still playing as if Mitro was on the pitch?
Silva has a massive problem. His attacking options are virtually zero. Jimenez is as slow as a tortoise (no offence to tortoises), Muniz runs around chasing shadows and Vini, well we couldn’t give him away, he’s that good!!!
On a more serious note, why not play Ryan Sess as our inverted winger instead of Wilson.
Marco resign Willian now and Citizen Khan start sourcing an effective front man and sign him on 1st Jan not the 31st, or we will be playing against Jay Stansfield in The Championship next term.
The stats don’t lie. Against W. Ham 21 shots…1 goal
Against Preston 16 shots….1 goal. No comment needed.
Game management. From 15 minutes to go Preston were happy to play for penalties and made dam sure they did. We can’t even play out 5 minutes
Willian has already signed for Olympiacos, so that’s a no go Martin. I do agree we need a striker. Ideally one who can finish like Raul, but is more mobile like Muniz (easier said than done)
We have No Striker. Muniz was a flash in the pan, Jimenez may be used as a late substitute not more .Wilson does not perform for us like he does for Wales. Nelson the only bright spark. Why did we sell Stansfield he is better than anyone still at the club. Shame Traore was not on the bench he may have had an impact I am slightly concerned about our future this season. Is there a striker that is a free agent anywhere we can sign
When you don’t play your strongest side in the tournament you had your best chance to compete in then don’t blame luck.
I have never seen a goalkeeper look less likely to save a penalty. He was so busy jumping up and down he was never prepared.
We do not have a decent striker. Muniz purple was short lived and he is the main culprit for missed chances this season. Wilson looks lost.Our back up goalkeeper is not in the same league as Rodak. He should have saved at least 2 of Preston penalties last night. Nice to see Sess given a full match. This was a match we should have easily won but failed as apart from Nelson no one else looked likely to score
Let’s try Adama up front. He could at least be a bit of a menace!
Agree with Dave. Our shots to goal ratio tells the whole story. We’re certainly not the only team in the Prem who are searching in vain for the final piece of the jigsaw i.e. a striker. The Stansfield sale looks more and more ill-judged.