Here was a bleak teaser of what life without Aleksandar Mitrovic might be like for Fulham, and here was a famous London derby victory on the Thames for Brentford.
If the slight ankle injury that Fulham’s Serbian goal-getter sustained at Everton last week was a handy tool through which Marco Silva could avoid questions about the striker’s imminent move to Al Hilal, his absence at Craven Cottage was handy only for the visitors.
