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Dom Smith

Touchline ban harder for me than for my players, says Marco Silva after Fulham’s FA Cup win

Watching on: Silva’s ban meant he could not be on the touchline

(Picture: REUTERS)

Marco Silva says a touchline ban was harder for himself than for his players after he watched from the stands as Fulham beat Sunderland 3-2 to book a place in the FA Cup fifth round.

With the original fourth-round match at Craven Cottage finishing 1-1, Fulham visited the Stadium of Light in the hope of extinguishing Championship Sunderland once and for all. They just about did so, booking a meeting with Leeds United in the next round with a chaotic yet entertaining 3-2 away win.

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