'We're humble' - Marco Silva on why Fulham squad won't have a day-off after Brentford win
Marco Silva has his players in training first thing on Tuesday despite a late Monday night of drama.
Fulham players won't be gifted any extra time off after their late exploits in the London derby against Brentford at Craven Cottage on Monday night.
The Cottagers had to put in a huge shift to overcome a regimented Thomas Frank outfit in front of a home crowd, enjoying 68% of possession as they dominated. Marco Silva's side made tough luck of picking up the three points, still losing 1-0 as 90 minutes ticked by.
The Fulham head coach turned to his bench to find the leveller that had eluded his team for so long and got exactly that through Welshman Harry Wilson. The winger flicked home an Adama cross with class in the 92nd minute and then found himself heading home a very late winner with 97 minutes on the clock.
Speaking after the game, Silva was full of praise for his squad in what he deemed to be a 'deserved' win before the late turnaround. With Brentford boss Thomas Frank having lamented how hard it would be to pick his players up from the sucker-punch defeat, Silva was quizzed as to whether his side might need to be brought back down to earth.
He replied: "We are a really humble squad, a humble group of boys. Tonight I want them to enjoy. We have a session tomorrow morning. They won't have enough time to enjoy because at 9:30 am we are at the training ground again.
"We have a game on Saturday to work and recover for. I think tonight they deserve the good taste at the end of the match but we have a really humble group of players and we don't need that. This win will give us the confidence that we need and they deserve that."
It's an opposite task that faces Frank and Brentford, who saw three points turn to none in a matter of minutes. The Bees boss labelled the defeat as 'brutal' but admitted that the 'better team won'.
Frank said: “Right now, it’s impossible. It doesn’t matter what I say if I’m honest. Tomorrow we’ll look into that. In all due respect, it’s brutal to lose this way but it’s one game. We need to have a normal process tomorrow.
“Of course, I’m burning inside. It’s extremely frustrating and irritating but we need to move forward from here.”