We started well – Fulham boss reacts after losing to Manchester United

Fulham boss Marco Silva believes his side deserved more than the result they got against Erik Ten Hag’s in the opening game of the 2024-25 Premier League campaign.

The Cottagers fell to a late goal from debutant Joshua Zirkzee at Old Trafford. However, Fulham registered 10 shots on the night and knowing that they came close to carving open the United defence on a couple of occasions, only for the final pass to let them down.

“It is really tough for us to lose this game the way we lost,” Marco Silva said after the game.

“The game had different moments, we started really well, I think the first two dangerous moments were from ourselves. The first one we should have scored, a really dangerous attack from us.

“After 20 minutes good reaction from Man Utd. We adjusted at half-time and the second half was much better in my opinion. We had our chances. When you play against Manchester United…there were moments and we had to punish them.

“We had so many moments and we were punished at the end of the game. It was a crazy game and we did not play our own game. It was an emotional game, we tried to rush many, many times.”