Mitrovic has been on the coronary heart of the west London membership’s quick begin, and his tally of 5 Premier League targets is barely bettered by Manchester Metropolis’s Erling Haaland. The Serb opened the scoring shortly after half-time earlier than a Lewis Dunk own-goal doubled Fulham’s lead.
Whereas Brighton hit again by way of an Alexis Mac Allister penalty, the house aspect held agency to keep up their fantastic begin to the season.
Silva has heaped reward on Mitrovic, however believes he’s rather more than only a goalscorer.
“Mitro was unbelievable, not simply because he scored once more,” stated Silva. “He wants targets, like all strikers, and you possibly can see after he scored he had a lift and began to be in all places. He was good on the ball, he scored once more, however off the ball he was unbelievable.
Aleksandar Mitrovic has scored 5 targets already for newly-promoted Fulham this season
/ REUTERS“I already did it, however I’ve to congratulate him. All of the credit score for him, due to the best way he pressed, the best way he did it, the best way he helped in sure areas of the pitch. He was unbelievable. He’s not a goalscorer for us, he’s rather more than that.”
After successful promotion final season, Fulham had been predicted to wrestle again within the Premier League. Nevertheless, they held Liverpool to a draw on the opening day and had been unfortunate to lose to table-topping Arsenal final weekend.
“Unbelievable work from our group,” stated Silva. “It was implausible the best way we pressed. They deserve all of the credit score. I’m actually happy with them, of the followers as nicely, as a result of they helped us after we had been struggling a bit bit.”
On Saturday, Fulham journey to Tottenham, and Silva will need his aspect to maintain the momentum going.
