Fulham produced a performance full of resilience and attacking threat at the City of Manchester Stadium on Sunday afternoon to claim a well-deserved share of the points.
Dickson Etuhu also marked his return to the starting line-up with a powerful display in the middle of the park.
“We played really well today but I think we could have won it,” the midfielder told fulhamfc.com after the match. “We had enough chances, we got at their back four quite a bit but it’s still good to come here and get a point. After the last result we got against them, I thought we applied ourselves much better.
“We thought we did really well in the first-half, it was a shock to concede but it was a great goal by Balotelli – he’s got some ability. But we didn’t give up, we knew that we had enough and we had a game-plan that the Manger and coaching staff put to us – and it worked really well.
“At half-time the Manager just said that we had to give a little bit more and that we should believe in ourselves – I thought we did that today.”
Damien Duff was in sparkling form and grew in stature as the game progresses. IN addition to netting the equaliser, the Republic of Ireland international was a constant thorn in City’s side – and Etuhu was certainly full of praise for his team-mate.
“Damien’s a top pro and a top player,” Etuhu added. “He gives us that pace out there and it was good to see him get on the score sheet again.”