Fulham boss Marco Silva praised Sunderland for never losing their belief - but insisted his side was the better team from first minute until last in last night's FA Cup fourth round replay. The Premier League side won 3-2 at the Stadium of Light to progress to the fifth round, where they will face a home tie against Leeds United.
Sunderland and Fulham had drawn 1-1 at Craven Cottage in the initial tie, but Tony Mowbray's Black Cats could not cause an upset in the replay. Fulham scored inside the opening ten minutes through Harry Wilson and doubled their lead through Andreas Pereira on the hour.
Jack Clarke halved the deficit before Layvin Kurzawa restored Fulham's two-goal cushion shortly afterwards, although Jewison Bennette scored in the final minute of the 90 to give Sunderland late hope, although they were unable to force an equaliser to take the tie into extra-time. "Firstly, congratulations to Sunderland," said Silva, who watched the game from the stands having picked up a touchline ban after being booked four times this season.
