Fulham beat Newcastle United 3-1 in the fifth round of the Premier League, and after the match, Fulham manager Marco Silva was interviewed by the media and spoke highly of his team's performance.
Marco Silva began by saying that the win was well deserved for Fulham. He praised the team's lads for playing very well and responding wonderfully to the previous matches. Silva mentioned that despite the team's bad luck in their previous games against Preston and West Ham United, they showed a strong rebound in this game.
Talking about the specifics of the match, Silva highlighted his team's excellent performance in the first half. He said that the team scored two goals in the first half and had the opportunity to score more. He praised the team for doing a great job against Newcastle United's pressing and not giving the opponents too many chances, while their own offense also played a good game.
Silva also admitted that after Newcastle United's quick goal in the second half, the players might have been affected by the previous shutout by West Ham United, but the team quickly regrouped and didn't create too many threatening attacks except for Gordon's counterattack. He mentioned that Iwobi had two chances to score in the second half, and although he failed to capitalize on them, the team took full control of the game in the last 10 minutes by changing their formation to seal the 3-1 win.
