Fulham manager Marco Silva was frustrated his side was unable to see out the match with Bournemouth on Friday night as his Fulham side lost 3-1 on a blustery evening on the South Coast.
After a tight first half, Fulham took the lead through Ryan Sessegnon in the 70th minute, but two individual moments of quality from the hosts saw the match slip away before Antoine Semenyo added a second to put the match beyond doubt.
After controlling large parts of the match and stifling a potent Bournemouth attack the head coach felt it was tough to take.
“It was tough to lose it the way we lost it,” he reflected. “In the first 15/20 minutes we lost Saša (Lukic) as well. Tom Cairney came in, and we adjusted.
“We changed the position of Harry Wilson. We had a low block in place. I would like to see us a little higher as a block. We started to control things a little bit better from that moment.
“We knew they had pace in the attack line, and the first half was very balanced. We had some moments to punish them on the counterattack in that first period. We missed the passes, and they did not for their third goal.
“It happened to often for us in these moments. We must be more assertive and punish the opposition.
“We started the second half better. Much more in control with longer possessions from us.
“We broke the intensity they usually have to jump and pressurise, and we slowed down the game in the way we like to prepare ourselves.
“It was a great collective goal from us and a great combination down the left-hand side for a nice goal.
“Until they equalised they had created zero chances. They arrived in dangerous areas but they didn’t see one clear chance.
“Two individual moments from two Bournemouth players decided the game. That is the reality. We have to be stronger in those moments, it’s as simple as that.
“We had things completely under control in terms of organisation but the two moments decided the game and everything was more difficult after that.
“Even then we had two great chances through Tom Cairney to equalise the game so my players showed a reaction despite the setbacks.”