Marco Silva views Fulham’s draw with Luton Town as two points dropped rather than a point gained.
The Whites led at Kenilworth Road through Aleksandar Mitrović’s 22nd goal of the season in the first half, but the hosts fought back after the break and restored parity through Elijah Adebayo.
“We’ve lost two points,” Silva said in his post-match press conference. “The game was balanced, a tough game, like we expected.
“They are always tough to beat and we knew they would try to take the game from a physical point of view. They have strong bodies, three strong central defenders, the striker is a big boy as well who is always fighting for all the balls.
“They are a strong side on second balls as well, but I thought first half we controlled the game very well.
“We didn’t create big chances but we controlled the first half, didn’t give many things to them. We started the second half in the same way, but in one moment we lost control of the game and unfortunately conceded a set-piece.
“After that we reacted, we went again, our players tried until the end, sometimes not with the quality that we normally put on the pitch in our game. We definitely lost two points.”
Fulham now sit two points clear at the top of the Championship, and a journalist put it to our Head Coach that teams up their game when they take on the Whites.
“It’s true, and I definitely agree with you, but if you want to be there at the top and play every single game to win, if you want to be at Fulham Football Club, you have to be able to face it.
“We knew they would give everything, they would fight for the first ball, the second ball, and they would try to show their quality as well to show that they could match us, and they did it.
“It’s up to us to take the game from that physicality and put the game in our way. I think we did that first half. Second half, we were not able to do it.”
Harrison Reed was absent from the matchday squad, with Silva explaining: “He got a little muscle injury.
“We had doubts whether to play him or not, let’s hope next week he will be okay, but we’re not sure.”
