Saturday's draw with Fulham was not the ideal way to start the season. In all honesty, we looked sluggish during the 90 minutes and a draw was probably a fair result.
We looked in good nick against Manchester City in the Community Shield, but Saturday showed you can’t take too much notice of results at times. Fulham hit the ground running and we struggled. They ruffled us up and tried to bully us, in many ways. I’ve never seen a team with so many players falling down and diving, and that was sad to see. Marco Silva has obviously told them to do that, but you can’t fault their commitment and desire. It’s an early lesson for us.
For Fulham's penalty, Virgil should have just stood up there and for once he made a mistake. He didn’t need to commit himself because Mitrovic was going nowhere and he panicked a bit. Mitrovic felt a slight bit of contact and played for the penalty.
