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Mark Schwarzer expressed his disappointment at Thursday night’s defeat at the Stadio Olimpico di Torino but spoke of his belief that Fulham can still cause an upset at the Cottage next week.
“We find ourselves very disappointed with how we conceded the goals. We got ourselves back in the game at 2-1 and from our standards the third goal was a very sloppy goal.
“We uncharacteristically conceded three goals and we’re very disappointed. They had a different game plan in the second half and wanted to hit us on the counter attack as they were happy with the 3-1 score.
“We’ll watch the videos, analyse it and make sure it doesn’t happen in the second game. I’ve been in this situation before and I don’t think the game is over yet. I think we’ll cause them a few more problems at the Cottage than we did tonight.
“The Cottage is a very tight ground and we won’t give them as much room as they had tonight – it will be a very different game.”
Fulham head back to SW6 on Friday afternoon ahead of Sunday’s Barclays Premier League clash at Old Trafford and Schwarzer is now focused on making the most out of two massive fixtures over the next seven days.
“It’s a great position to be in and there are a lot of clubs that would love to be in the situation we’re in and we’ll try to take advantage of it. We’ll focus on Sunday’s game now and see what we can do at Old Trafford.”