Marco Silva felt Fulham’s much improved second half display more than warranted their three points against Fulham.

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The Cottagers had to come from behind to record an important 3-1 win in their fight for a European place.

After a lacklustre first 45 minutes, Silva’s side turned the game on its head after Zian Flemming’s opener on the hour mark, scoring three times courtesy of Josh King, Harry Wilson and a late Raul Jimenez penalty.

But Silva felt his side were already well in the ascendancy before Flemming had scored against the run of play.

“The first half was not at the level that it should have been,” he conceded. “We didn't get the right tempo and intensity on the ball to do the right things, to break their defensive organisation and to break them down.

“In some moments it was more difficult, there were a lot of players around their box. Sometimes it's not so easy to find the space and to open the gaps that you want to open.

“But I agree that we have a bit of a lack of intensity on the ball. Our passes were not with the right tempo as well and of course we didn't move the ball so quick like we should.

Fulham boss Marco Silva. Photo: Kelvin Lister-Stuttard

placeholder image — Fulham boss Marco Silva. Photo: Kelvin Lister-Stuttard

“That was the reason why the first half was not so good. They had some good moments in the first half, two good moments. We had some good moments in the first half as well. But overall the performance was not at the level.

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“But even before they scored, our second half was already on a different level. From the beginning of the second half we were playing on a different level.

“We had moments to score before them. We were already with a different intensity in the game.

“Second half was not a case of their goal waking us up, it was more like we adjusted things at half-time and we made them understand that the tempo has to be completely different.

“I felt from the beginning of the second half that we were already on the top of the game and in the direction that normally we like to play and we play at home. The goal of course created a different scenario for us.

“The team performed better. They were in a good level in the last 45 minutes. The second half was good and we scored three goals. We should have scored more because of the chances we created in the last minutes as well. It was well deserved three points.

“Being back in the score and being able to change, to keep the calm and to go because the last two home defeats were tough for us. They hurt ourselves and to see the team being able to be back in score and to keep the calm and to go and to score three goals and to create more chances was important for us.”

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