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'I think we deserved much more'

Fulham manager Marco Silva
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Marco Silva spoke to BBC Match of the Day after Fulham's victory against Crystal Palace: "I think we deserved much more but it is what it is. Great three points, great team performance. I think we have been seeing better things every match, every day that we are working with them. The confidence from the last game to this game is clear as well. The commitment, the attitude, the desire to do great things was there again."

On their counter-attacks: "We know how to do it, we know how to arrive with the ball. For us to do it we have to be brave off the ball, good positioning from ourselves was going to be important. Most of the times we decided with quality."

On Emile Smith Rowe: "Sometimes the most expensive ones are the players that don't perform. When you saw him and we had a small chance to fight to have him here, I told our board that we need to fight with everything we can because we needed a player like him. Creative in those pocket areas, a player who will score more throughout the season - I don't have doubts - he's a lovely kid, a lovely boy who is going to become a man and improve. He's already a really good player, he's going to be a top player. It's so nice to have a talent like him to work with."

On Harry Wilson: "I know that Harry wants to play from the start. Great impact on Monday against Brentford, it was an amazing moment from him and this afternoon again. We know he has the sharpness to go and create these kind of moves. This afternoon he scored in the same way as well, when he arrives in certain areas he has the ability to put the ball in the net. He has this quality, this ability."