Match report and analysis
Marco Silva: “It was really difficult, the way we planned the game, the first goal made a huge impact,” the Fulham boss tells TNT Sports. “The way we conceded was good combination play, pass and go from the left back, but we should have dealt with it better. We should have been more aggressive in that moment, disrupt the run of Gvardiol more than we did.
“The first half was a little quiet from us, not that many chances. We did not have much of the ball but even City, with the control of the game, did not have many chances.
“Second half we tried to change things from the bench, adding Adama to give more power to our right hand side and get combinations with Iwobi and try to add more dangerous moments. We had some good moments for around 15 minutes, a chance with Muniz from a good Adama cross. After that the second goal killed the game.”
