Fulham manager Marco Silva had no complaints with the result against Leeds United, but was frustrated by the stoppage time goal that cost Fulham a point at Elland Road.
The Whites were not at our fluid best on Saturday afternoon but looked set to take a hard earned draw back to London, until Lukas Nmecha struck in stoppage time when we failed to get the ball away from danger.
“It was not a good performance at all,” our Head Coach admitted. “We lost the game, we have to congratulate Leeds, and we'll move on.
“Analysing deeper, the performance first half was balanced really, not any team on the front foot. We had our moments, they had as well, [but] not clearcut chances for any side.
“The game showed big respect between the teams, and we didn’t concede any big chances, apart from one moment with [Brenden] Aaronson when we lost a duel. Apart from that, nothing really special.
“And second half, we didn't perform at the level that the game demands really. As simple as that. They scored in the end, but they had chances to score earlier than that.
“Of course, we are disappointed with the moment that we conceded the goal, and we should be, because in that moment we should defend much better. Three/four duels that we lost in a row there, that we should not.
“We knew that the game is going to demand that from us, the way they go, the man-on-man situations, the crowd pushing them, and we knew that individual challenges are going to be in the game.
“And just the way they won the ball three/four times in the end of the game, just showed that in those moments we have to be more aggressive. The way we defended the box in that moment, we should have done better.
“But overall, second half, was not just that moment. They created before, they deserve the three points looking at the second half.”
The defeat brings Fulham’s impressive unbeaten run to an end, and while Silva knows that his side will not blow teams away every week, he was still disappointed with the lack of firepower on show at Elland Road.
“We cannot perform always incredibly well, like I would like to see and all of our fans, but normally we create more chances,” he said. “I don't remember one clear chance from us second half – that shows that we didn't perform the way we should.
“Even on the ball, we were not aggressive enough. Not many times in the counter-attack, trying penetrations, crossing, all that stuff I don't remember really, and that just shows that we were not at our level in the second half, and because of that we lost the game, and we have to move on.”