Marco Silva's biggest challenge this season is to make sure Craven Cottage doesn’t once again become everybody’s favourite away-day.
The sight of Alexander Mitrovic bullying Trent Alexander-Arnold like a schoolboy bruiser demanding lunch money with menaces suggests that the Fulham manager has put a bit of devil into his team.
Mitrovic’s meaty far-post header secured a first-half lead the Londoners’ in-your-face approach deserved. And the battering ram Serbian gave his team an advantage for a second time from the penalty spot 17 minutes from time when he took a tumble after mugging Virgil van Dijk.
