Fulham 0-1 Southampton: What Silva said
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Fulham boss Marco Silva, speaking to BBC Sport on whether the team selection was the problem: "I understand that, it's more than that. It was a bad afternoon for us and for our fans. We need to look deeper because I'm not pleased at all what has happened this afternoon.
"This one is more than a defeat - if it's because of the changes then fine, I get it - but [Ryan] Sessegnon and [Timothy] Castagne have played this season against top Premier League sides, Oscar Bobb and Samuel Chukwueze are at the level. We have to look deeper. I understand that I get the blame for making the changes."
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Reason for defeat?: "For me it's simple, when you have 24 shots and they don't have many clear-cut chances. We arrived in their box, created from the sides but with end product we have to finish, have to be quicker and arrive in the right spots in the box. They have five shots and have chances to score, any moment on the counter was a chance for them.
"It's about mindset. When you have so many shots and looking for the chances we should've created more. The end product of our team was not the level it should be."
On Fulham's disallowed goal in first half: "I don't want to speak about that at the moment."
On picking up for rest of season: "It's our obligation, we have to understand it was a very, very bad afternoon. We know anything can happen on football but it's more than that. We have to look deeper because it was not good enough and that starts with me looking at myself."
Did you know?
- This was the first time that Fulham were eliminated from the FA Cup by a side from the second tier while being in the top-flight, since a 3-0 fifth round replay defeat to Burnley in February 2003. The Cottagers had progressed from each of their prior 15 such ties.
- Across all competitions this season, Fulham have failed to score in the first half of matches on 23 occasions, with only Nottingham Forest and Wolves (both 26) doing so more often among Premier League sides.
- Fulham won 15 corners in this match, last winning more in any match across all competitions against Reading in the Championship in May 2017 (16).