Ryan Sessegnon wants Fulham to make home advantage count as the Whites look to revive their flagging European homes when welcome Everton to Craven Cottage this weekend.
The winger told FFCTV that he was doubly frustrated by both the manner of Fulham’s narrow defeat at Aston Villa last Saturday – and the fact that he had a potential equaliser ruled out for handball.
“It was frustrating to concede from a corner. It’s another set-piece that we’ve conceded [from]. [It was] very frustrating, a tight game. We have to try and build and forget about that game and just go for the next one now.”
Speaking about his goal, Sessegnon said:
“It’s just the way it bobbled up and brushed my hand. I kind of had to delay the shot. Obviously, I had the shot and it went in. I think the way VAR is now, if touches your hand and leads to a goal, they’ve got to rule it out. It’s one of those unfortunate moments.”
The Motspur Park academy graduate is pleased with his own form that saw him shortlisted for the Premier League’s player of the month award for April.
“I’m very happy. It’s always what I’ve wanted to do – impact games with goals and assists – and it is coming now for me. It’s crunch time with the last three games. I just want to try and continue that. I’m delighted to be nominated [for the player of the month] alongside some very good players who had great months. It is probably just recognition that I’ve had a decent month myself.”
Sessegnon has refused to admit defeat in the race for Europe – despite Fulham dropping out of the top half of a congested table following last weekend’s disappointment.
“It would have been nice to follow up the Southampton win with a win at Villa, but we’re still there. Mathematically, we’re still there for what we’ve trying to achieve. I think it might even go down to the last game. We’ve got to win this game against Everton. We’ve got full belief being at home in front of fans that we can do that.”
The winger knows that the Toffees have improved massively under David Moyes – but believes Marco Silva’s side can make the most of two of their last three fixtures being at the Cottage.
“It’s going to be a very different game to the one we played at Goodison earlier in the season. They are a very solid team, but again, against anyone on our day, especially at home – we’re a very good team as well. So, full focus is going to be on ourselves. We’ll take it game-by-game, but those last three [games], get some good points on the board and we’ll see where we are at the end of the season. We’ve got to use that home advantage and I’m sure that we will.”
