Fulham vs West Ham: Man United defeat ‘particular’, Silva says as Premier League returns

Fulham vs West Ham: Man United defeat ‘particular’, Silva says as Premier League returns

Fulham’s 1-0 defeat at Manchester United on the opening day of the Premier League season was “special”, Cottagers supervisor Marco Silva has stated earlier than his goal successive house wins to begin the marketing campaign.

Silva’s facet have overwhelmed Leicester Metropolis 2-1, knocked Birmingham Metropolis out of the Carabao Cup with a 2-0 away win and drawn at Ipswich City since shedding 1-0 at Outdated Trafford on August 16, when Joshua Zirkzee scored the 87th-minute winner.

“It was a game when we played toe-to-toe with them,” mirrored the Portuguese. “It was a was a superb efficiency and a superb response from ourselves towards Leicester.

“It was clear we were the best team against Leicester and we won. Against Ipswich, it was a tough game, like we expected. Performance-wise, it was not the best from us. Even so, we got one point.”

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Carlos Vinicius might miss the go to of West Ham on Saturday (3pm BST) with a “small” harm, though Silva is glad with how the worldwide break went for Fulham.

“We worked well during that period – of course not with all of the squad,” he stated. “We used the time nicely to work with the gamers. Some days had been breaks, too.

“Now the West Ham game is on our minds. Carlos Vinicius is out… all the other players are going to be available.”

Vinicius has featured as soon as for his membership this 12 months, showing for 17 minutes of their FA Cup third-round tie at house to Rotherham United in January.

The 29-year-old spent the second half of final season on mortgage at Galatasaray, producing one objective and one help in 10 Tremendous Lig matches.

The ahead’s most up-to-date Fulham objective got here of their 5-0 Premier League victory at house to West Ham in December.

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New signings Joachim Andersen, Reiss Nelson, Jorge Cuenca and Sander Berge are all in rivalry. “We’ll take the time that he needs to adapt but we can feel straight away that he’s a skilful player and he’s going to help us,” Silva stated of Nelson.

West Ham have one win from three matches, shedding at house to Aston Villa and Manchester Metropolis both facet of a 2-0 triumph at Crystal Palace.

“We have to always be at our top level,” warned Silva. “If not, you will get stunned and we don’t need that. It’s going to be our first London derby this season.

“It’s always something special for the fans and we want to start well. It’s going to be at the Cottage and we know that we are really strong with the fans behind us.”

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