Fulham manager Marco Silva was proud of Fulham’s efforts at Old Trafford, and believes his side were good value for a draw.
Having trailed 2-0 heading into the last five minutes, goals from Raúl Jiménez and Kevin looked set to have won us a hard earned point, but Benjamin Sesko struck in the 94th minute to break black and white hearts.
“Emotional game, good game of football in different moments,” Silva said. “I really liked the way we built our offensive moments – United tried to press us high, but the way we were able to break that pressure, being brave, [with] quality, good dynamic to break it. It was impressive, was very good from us, I have to say.
“They scored in a moment that is difficult to talk about and probably shouldn’t go too deep on that situation. Looking just for the free-kick and looking for ourselves, what we can control, we have to defend much better.
“Second half, I think we took control of the game. We switched off in one moment, and what a goal from Matheus [Cunha], but what a way the team reacted. The way the team reacted and pushed Man United completely back.
“We saw the last 25 minutes, United defending, winning 2-0 at home, defending 15-20 metres around their box. And even so, we were able to create some good moments.
“We scored two goals, we had the disallowed goal by margins, and yes, after we lost the game. Tough moment for us, good goal from Man United, and this is the ambition of this team.
“When you score the goal, probably be a bit more mature. We gave feedback inside the pitch that, of course, Man United is going to react, and try to come again. A moment for us to be a bit more mature, and to close a little bit more that space. We tried to win the ball again, we tried to press, and Bruno [Fernandes] made a big assist in that situation, and they scored.
“I really believe that we deserved much more from the game in terms of result, but football is like that. But great performance from ourselves, our second half was incredibly good.”