'A tale of two managers'

A tale of two managers.

The contrasting expressions on Marco Silva and Gary O'Neil's faces upon full time told the entire story.

O'Neil beaming like a Cheshire cat, fist pumping the away end, having secured an emphatic and pivotal first league win away from home.

Silva the opposite as TV cameras zoomed in on his pensive, gloomy disposition. Had his tactical decision cost Fulham the game? All substitutions used up at 71 minutes before Joachim Andersen limped off and did not return. A goal down but time on the clock and hopes of a result still very much alive… until you are forced to see those ticking minutes out with 10 men.

Silva is so often heralded for tactical genius, his recent use of Harry Wilson and the midfielder's subsequent late goals off the bench serve as an example.

But how the managerial pendulum swings. Two managers, two differing approaches to substitutions and two very different endings to this tale.