Fulhamfc.com caught up with defender Chris Baird at the Training Ground on Tuesday afternoon and the Northern Ireland international defender spoke of his happiness at Fulham's performance on Sunday against Manchester City, despite not claiming all three points that Mark Hughes' Team arguably deserved.
“We should have gone on to win it on Sunday,” Baird told fulhamfc.com. “I saw the highlights again yesterday and I thought we were excellent.
“All the commentators who covered the game noted how good we were. We knew we could create a lot of problems and we went there with confidence. Credit to everyone involved because we caused them a lot of problems.
“We kept them restricted to long range efforts and apart from the goal they scored Mark Schwarzer didn’t have a lot to do on Sunday. It was a good performance and a good result.”
Fulham's impressive performance at Eastlands came on the back of a Team training camp in Portugal, which clearly paid dividends in Manchester on Sunday as Fulham claimed another crucial point on the road.
“It was a very nice trip and it was good to get away. The Manager decided that we would go there [Portugal] and everyone enjoyed themselves and the weather was fantastic.
“I’ve been here four years now and it’s not something we’ve done before but it was nice for the boys and it was something different. All in all it was a good week."
This weekend Baird and company take on Blackburn Rovers at the Cottage and with all tickets for the match now sold out, Baird is hoping to send Fulham's loyal supporters home with another three points to push the Team back towards the top half of the Barclays Premier League table.
"We’re playing at the Cottage and we’ll be looking to take all three points. The support has been fantastic again this season - we’ve got the fans behind us and they’ve been great. I'd like to think we’ve been performing well this season and that’s why people want to come and see us play.
"We’re looking forward to Saturday. Blackburn are a big, physical and strong team and it’s always tough against them. I’m confident we can get the results we need to climb up the table. Could we get to Europa League again? You never know."