Marco Silva was pleased with his players’ performances against Liverpool, and believes there’s an argument that they deserved the win.
Twice Fulham led last season’s Premier League runners-up through Aleksandar Mitrović’s brace, but they hit back on each occasion to claim a 2-2 draw.
“If you ask me if I deserve something more, I think our players deserve something more from the game,” Silva told the gathered press.
“I know Liverpool – more in the second half than the first – had more control of the game, but I think our organisation was great.
“Great first half, the way we blocked almost everything from them. In terms of organisation, our first half was almost perfect. The way we started the game, the intensity we played first half, was really, really good.
“I have to congratulate our players and our fans as well. To play like we played against Liverpool first half, how they are aggressive when they attack the space, we controlled all those moments really well.
“We matched them, and we know they are not just really good on the ball, without the ball they are really aggressive.
“I think we matched them from the first until the last minute of the match. We did really well, and maybe our players deserved something more from the game.
“It’s just one point, but I think it was a good performance from ourselves, and we have to go again.”
One of the most boring statements in football is about Mitrović’s apparent inability ‘to do it in the Premier League.’
Silva, like all of us, knows it’s nonsense.
“For me, it’s not important what people say about him,” he stated. “I’m here to get the best out of these players.
“I’m saying every time that I get this question about Mitro in the Premier League, we have to keep playing our way, keep providing the chances for him, and in the box he will score.
“I repeat something I said maybe 20 times last season, Mitro is not just a goal scorer for us. He did an unbelievable job this afternoon without the ball. Unbelievable.
“The way he pressed, the way he helped the midfielders, in some moments he helped the backline as well.
“Even after all the work he did, 70 minutes of the game, he can take the ball 30, 40 metres and run and win a penalty.
“He was fantastic, and he really deserved the two goals with the good performance that he put on the pitch. I’m really pleased for him because he deserved it.”
