Marco Silva Reflects on Fulham’s Victory Against Crystal Palace

Marco Silva provided comments to BBC Match of the Day following Fulham’s win over Crystal Palace, stating: “I think we deserved much more but it is what it is. Great three points, great team performance. I think we have been seeing better things every match, every day that we are working with them. The confidence from the last game to this game is clear as well. The commitment, the attitude, the desire to do great things was there again.” Regarding their counter-attacks, Silva remarked: “We know how to do it, we know how to arrive with the ball. For us to do it we have to be brave off the ball, good positioning from ourselves was going to be important. Most of the times we decided with quality.” Concerning Emile Smith Rowe, Silva commented: “Sometimes the most expensive ones are the players that don’t perform. When you saw him and we had a small chance to fight to have him here, I told our board that we need to fight with everything we can because we needed a player like him. Creative in those pocket areas, a player who will score more throughout the season – I don’t have doubts – he’s a lovely kid, a lovely boy who is going to become a man and improve. He’s already a really good player, he’s going to be a top player. It’s so nice to have a talent like him to work with.” Addressing Harry Wilson, Silva noted: “I know that Harry wants to play from the start. Great impact on Monday against Brentford, it was an amazing moment from him and this afternoon again. We know he has the sharpness to go and create these kind of moves. This afternoon he scored in the same way as well, when he arrives in certain areas he has the ability to put the ball in the net. He has this quality, this ability.” Sandi Toksvig will be joined by Gyles Brandreth, Lulu, Emmanuel Sonubi, and Alan Davies. An opportunity to sing along to Queen, Taylor Swift, Bon Jovi, Katy Perry, and other artists is available. Ben Fogle and Kate Humble are returning for the celebratory events at Longleat Safari Park. Topics ranging from microplastics in our air, soil, and waterways to the extent of food waste during this period of the year are being explored. © 2024 BBC. The BBC bears no responsibility for the content found on external websites. Information regarding our approach to external linking is available.