‘We should have much more’ – Marco Silva makes admission over Fulham’s Premier League campaign

Marco Silva is adamant his Fulham side should have more Premier League points this season.

The west Londoners are 10th in the table after their 2-0 win at relegation candidates Leicester City on Saturday, with Emile Smith-Rowe, above, and Adama Traore both finding the net in the second half.

Fulham, who are on 33 points, are seven points away from the Champions League and 17 points clear of the relegation zone.

“We should have much more points, to be frank,” Silva told Match of the Day. “I am always ambitious but performance-wise, the way we’ve been playing and been dominant in most of the games, we should have taken more points.

“But in the Premier League the difference and details are so small and sometimes they haven’t been in our favour.

“There have been some big improvements from last season, both in terms of results and points, and we’ve performed better this season than some spells last season.

“The players have been great, always with the mindset to learn and open minds to receive information and feedback.

“It has been a very good journey for us and we want to make the fans proud.

“We will fight for more because we are a really ambitious group.”

Fulham have only lost one of their last 10 Premier League outings – a 3-2 reverse at West Ham prior to the win at the King Power.

“It was a professional win and good victory,” said Silva, on the victory over the Foxes.

“It was really difficult in the first half – they started quicker than us and some of the set-pieces were a wake-up for us.

“After we had good control of the game, there weren’t many chances.  But we started the second half well with the goal and from there we built the win, scored the second and had chances to score the third.

“It was a well-deserved three points and a good reaction from the defeat by West Ham.”

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