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Dom Smith

Marco Silva handed boost as back-up boys show Fulham can fight on two fronts

Point to prove: Layvin Kurzawa was among the scorers as Fulham outgunned Sunderland in an FA Cup replay

(Picture: Getty Images)

On a night when Fulham manager Marco Silva watched from the stands, his biggest concern was not his difficulty in communicating from high up in the eaves at the Stadium of Light, but whether his bit-part players could perform.

Silva served a touchline ban having amassed too many yellow cards. Sat in the back row of the West Stand, he watched Fulham see off Sunderland at the second attempt to book a meeting with Leeds in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

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