Fulham master difficult conditions as lethal Mitrovic draws level with Championship goal record

Marco Silva was delighted that Fulham overcame difficult weather conditions to defeat Hull City.

Aleksandar Mitrovic’s 31st goal of the season, which leaves him level on the most goals scored in a Championship campaign, was enough to seal all three points for the Whites.

Silva said: “A tough win, like we expected. A tough place to play. Bad conditions – the weather, the pitch. We knew before the match that as the game went on, it would get worse and worse and worse.

“We started the game really well. We started the way we planned. We pushed them back straight away and we started to control the game there.

“We knew before the match they are really strong in counter-attacks and they can catch the other teams unbalanced. They are strong with their mobile players in their attack line with George Honeyman behind both creating a lot of problems as well.

“We controlled really well this type of situation during a big part of the match. We changed some details at half-time. It wasn’t the moment to change many things because we did well in some moments in the first half.

“In the second half, we started well again. We had a good chance from a good delivery from Neco that Fabio almost scored and after, Kebano arrived a little bit but then after, a very good moment in our goal.

“It was a good delivery and a very good finish from Mitro. Looking overall at the match, I think we deserved the three points. We were the best team on the pitch, we deserved it and keeping a clean sheet was really important for us.

“Mitro is a key player for us. Our frontline is having a fantastic season, like all the team is doing as well. Of course, Mitro has scored so many goals in one season in the middle of February and his impact must be huge.

“He’s been a massive help for us. He’s understanding everything that I’m asking of him, not just because he’s in the right place to score but the way he links our game, the way he starts the press, the way he helps his team-mates of course and seeing him 100 per cent involved in our philosophy like all the others. It is really important for us.”