Fulham boss Marco Silva admitted mixed emotions after their win at Everton.
The Cottagers won 1-0 thanks to Bobby De Cordova-Reid’s strike.
“That was not a good performance from ourselves at all,” Silva said in his post-match press conference. “I think overall during the game, we didn’t perform at our level.
“Even if we started the game well, after the first 15-20 minutes we started to lose so many balls in our build-up, in certain areas. We gave so many chances for Everton to punish us in counter attacks.
“They had their chances, of course, a good number of chances during the first half, because we gave them so many moments for them to punish us.
“To be honest, it was much more our fault because we didn’t perform. Bernd kept us in the game. A great, great performance from Bernd Leno kept us in the game in certain moments when we were under pressure.
“We changed some things at half-time, second half was slightly different.”
Silva also said: “But it’s a great feeling when you don’t play at your level during 95 minutes and you are able to win a game away from home. I know what it means to play through this.
“First game of the season, all the fans will be pushing the home side and trying to get them to play on the front foot.
“First 15 minutes we took the ball from them and we didn’t give them a chance. After that we had much more problems, but it’s good to see the togetherness and the attitude inside the pitch, and we were able to win the match.”
