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Man Utd 1-0 Fulham: What Silva said

Marco Silva on the touchline during Fulham's 1-0 defeat at Manchester United
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Fulham boss Marco Silva to BBC Match of the Day: "Frustration with the result for us. Big frustration for our players and fans, for sure. Overall it was a good game with both teams trying to win the game.

"We started well and had good counter-attacks to score. We adjusted things at half-time and second half was much better. We had good moments, a two against one, we should have done better.

"The main thing for us was to keep the emotional control. When the game becomes open we should have kept the balance and kept compact. But in those moments we lost emotional control and that allowed them to score.

"The game was open and broken - we tried to rush our decisions. Many times we started to lose the ball too quick. We let the game go too emotional and we didn't want that.

"We lost four starters [in the transfer window]. We are probably the only team in the Premier League that lost four starters. We have to rebuild again. There is a lot of work for us to do over the next two weeks to rebuild.

"But we are very pleased with how the players have worked. We are working hard to get what we need."