Marco Silva lauded “top professional” Bobby De Cordova-Reid and stated he deserves his latest success after he scored the one objective throughout Fulham’s 1-0 win over Rotherham within the FA Cup third spherical.
The Jamaica worldwide capitalised on a mistake and scored his second in as many video games after Sunday’s winner throughout Fulham’s 2-1 victory over Arsenal within the Premier League.
Victory for Marco Silva’s crew has stored them in each cup competitions forward of Fulham’s Carabao Cup semi-final conflict in opposition to Liverpool later this month.
And Silva, who beforehand hailed De Cordova-Reid’s management, believes his objective will raise his confidence after he netted his fifth of the season.
Silva stated: “He deserves it as a result of he is a high skilled, he is a vocal man and one of many nice examples now we have on the membership when it comes to focus, capable of play in any place and he is all the time there.
“He deserves all of the credit score and he deserves these good moments and good weeks.
“It is vital for us and him as a result of he wants these sort of moments to raise his confidence and he wants the arrogance to maintain going within the route we would like him to be.
“Bobby has the capacity to score and tonight it was a great strike from him.”
A cagey first jiffy in west London noticed Andreas Pereira showcase his fast ft earlier than his pushed shot cannoned off a defender. Fulham appealed for a handball however referee Simon Hooper waved them away and a nook was given.
Rotherham had little to point out for his or her efforts, and their low line of defense invited strain within the twentieth minute.
Fulham’s De Cordova-Reid threatened with a cross and the Cottagers’ Championship opponents have been lucky to not go a objective down from the next nook when Rodrigo Muniz’s effort was blocked.
De Cordova-Reid opened the scoring in spectacular vogue after 24 minutes.
Rotherham’s try to play the ball out from the again bumped into bother when Harry Wilson’s press compelled a turnover and De Cordova-Reid’s long-range effort flew previous Viktor Johansson into the top-left nook.
A torpid Rotherham hardly ever ventured into Fulham’s territory however Jordan Hugill’s offside objective from a Tom Eaves cross added to their frustrations.
Fulham practically doubled their lead within the forty second minute however Pereira was denied by a submit.
Proper-back Kenny Tete marauded ahead and delivered a harmful cross to the unmarked Pereira, who struck the ball into the bottom earlier than it cannoned off the woodwork and into the trail of Harrison Reed, whose close-range shot was deflected behind for a nook.
Fulham continued to be full of life after the break. The harmful Tete surged ahead and his drilled cross prompted Rotherham ‘keeper Johansson to fumble the ball. The Sweden worldwide’s blushes have been saved when he made a cease from six yards out.
The hosts slowed the sport down and dominated the ball however the sport burst into life by way of Issa Diop after 76 minutes.
The centre-back picked up the ball and lower by way of Rotherham’s midfield earlier than a neat mixture with Timothy Castagne noticed the towering defender’s first-time strike narrowly miss the goal.
Fulham countered from a nook throughout 5 added minutes however Carlos Vinicius’ shot was saved after Willian squared it to him.
Silva: Knowledgeable efficiency
Fulham boss Marco Silva: “Job done, which was the most important thing for us really. Professional performance, we clearly deserved to go through in the competition.
“It was our obligation to manage the sport the way in which we did, to not give nearly something for them. I do not keep in mind one save from Marek, no pictures on the right track from them.
“When you make eight changes from one XI to the other, of course it always has an impact from a performance point of view.
“We all the time had the possession, I believe till the primary objective most likely greater than 80 per cent of possession, [but] not many probabilities to be trustworthy. However we scored, we created three or 4 probabilities to attain extra objectives, and [gave] nothing for them.”
Richardson: We did our best but quality on the ball had to be better
Rotherham boss Leam Richardson: “You’re all the time dissatisfied if you lose. Congratulations to Fulham. We want them properly within the subsequent spherical. For big components we contained them. We did one of the best we may. You could possibly see from the substitutes they introduced on, the standard that they’ve.
“In the second half, we were better and we got up the pitch a little bit. We have then got to have those moments of quality in the final third. We have got to better with the ball at times. We wanted to create a better quality of chance and take the game further up the pitch but that will come with more time on the training ground to work with each other.”
What’s subsequent?
Fulham’s subsequent sport is on Wednesday after they journey to Liverpool for the primary leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final, stay on Sky Sports activities; kick-off 8pm. Marco Silva’s facet then go to Chelsea within the Premier League on Saturday January 13; kick-off 12.30pm.
Rotherham’s subsequent outing is at residence to Stoke within the Championship on Saturday January 13; kick-off 3pm. The Millers then play away to Middlesbrough on Saturday January 20; kick-off 3pm.