Marco Silva was pleased with the performance on Sunday against a high-level opponent.
“We finished our pre-season against a Champions League team and we knew the quality they’d have on the ball,” our Head Coach said. “We had some good moments, but we didn’t finish the way we should have but that’s part of the process and we’ll keep working on it.
“Losing 1-0 at half time was an unfair result for us to be fair. We lacked a bit of the intensity I like to see in the second half but we believed until the end that we could change the scoreline.
“It was a good game against a good side and we’ve taken lots of positives from it.”
With Kevin Mbabu making an instant impact after coming on, Marco is happy with the new recruits.
“I’m really pleased. Everyone can see that they can add something different.
“Kevin will help us to be more competitive down the right and Andreas is a quality player who can play in different positions and roles. He knows the Premier League well which is really important for us.”
On the absence of a couple of squad members, Marco revealed: “Harry Wilson and Nathaniel Chalobah are both injured. We’re waiting on the medical staff but it doesn’t look good. Harry’s injury is in his knee but we’ll wait for the medical staff.”
