A relieved Marco Silva admitted Fulham were "fortunate" to beat Leeds United at Craven Cottage this afternoon.
Gabriel Gudmundsson’s 94th-minute own goal handed the Cottagers their first Premier League win of the season. Silva waited until late on to introduce the club’s £34.6million deadline-day signing Kevin. His late long-range effort was tipped over by Karl Darlow and Gudmundsson headed into his own net from the resulting corner by Sasa Lukic to consign the visitors to a harsh loss.
Silva told the BBC: "Definitely a tight game, very difficult in some moments to break them down. You felt straightaway the changes that Daniel [Farke] made to his team were to be much more conservative out wide, control better our left-hand side - and they did it.
"With good organisation it is not easy to break them down. In the first half, we were probably too slow. We did not take too many risks and we were too slow, then it is difficult to break them down. They had one good shot from a second ball.
"I think second half we were much better, more dynamic. In these moments, you can have a bit of fatigue and in the last 30 minutes we did create some dangerous moments around their box. Great header from Rodrigo, we should have scored.
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"I think second half we were much better, more dynamic. In these moments, you can have a bit of fatigue and in the last 30 minutes we did create some dangerous moments around their box. Great header from Rodrigo, we should have scored.
"An own goal in the last minute of the game so we have to feel a bit fortunate. A nice feeling for us, a difficult feeling for Daniel and the Leeds boys but that is part of the game.
"It was important for us to keep a clean sheet because we need to create this habit and it allowed us to go on and try to win the game."
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