{"id":300776,"date":"2023-12-15T22:09:39","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T22:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/?p=300776"},"modified":"2023-12-15T22:09:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T22:09:39","slug":"marco-silva-insists-hes-not-surprised-at-fulhams-remarkable-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/soccer\/marco-silva-insists-hes-not-surprised-at-fulhams-remarkable-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Marco Silva insists he&apos;s &apos;not surprised&apos; at Fulham&apos;s remarkable form"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Marco Silva insists he&#8217;s &#8216;not surprised&#8217; at Fulham&#8217;s back-to-back 5-0 victories as his side attempt to take their impressive home form on the road when they face Newcastle<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Marco Silva revealed Fulham&#8217;s recent dominance has not come as a surprise<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>But 46-year-old insisted his side will have to be at their best to defeat Newcastle<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Is there now huge pressure on Newcastle to finish in the top four? Listen to the debate on It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Marco Silva insists he is &#8216;not surprised at all&#8217; by Fulham&#8217;s impressive form, despite his side securing remarkable back-to-back 5-0 victories in their last two Premier League contests.<\/p>\n<p>The Cottagers have also scored 17 times in their last five league meetings, and will hope to keep the floodgates open when they travel to Newcastle on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Four of those goals are from Raul Jimenez, who has come into his own and inspired what Silva feels is a boost in collective freedom of expression in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if Fulham were exceeding his expectations, Silva said: &#8216;No. If you ask me if it&#8217;s normal to win two games 5-0 like we did, I have to say that no, sometimes in this league to win 1-0 or 2-1 is so difficult, imagine to win two games in a row.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This is, of course I&#8217;m going to be honest with you, something that is really, really tough because I don&#8217;t know how many years since [it has been done], that shows how difficult it is to do it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/15\/19\/79016825-0-image-a-11_1702668516209.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Marco Silva insisted Fulham&#8217;s remarkable recent form is a reflection of their preparation<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/15\/19\/79016827-0-image-a-12_1702668772076.jpg\" height=\"415\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Cottagers boss heaped praise for Raul Jimenez on his recent performances for the club<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/15\/19\/79016835-0-image-a-13_1702668903236.jpg\" height=\"404\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>But he insisted his side have to maintain their home form while on the road going forward<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But the way we played, you&#8217;re talking about performance, you&#8217;re talking about expressing ourselves. I&#8217;m not at all surprised because it is the way we prepare ourselves, our players, it&#8217;s the way we want to play.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Of course we are adjusting things, we are trying to add some things for our game, but I know if you can start the game confident, if you can focus, [you see] the two games, after our team scored the first goal in both games we started to express ourselves much better.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s part of the process, when things come in the right direction things can happen in the way we did it, but about the performance I&#8217;m not surprised at all.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Silva believes Newcastle&#8217;s midweek Champions League exit will only serve as fuel for the hosts to prove a point in their return to domestic action, predicting it will be a &#8216;harder than easier&#8217; encounter with Eddie Howe&#8217;s seventh-placed side, who he characterised as &#8216;one of the most intense teams&#8217; in the division.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the Portuguese boss is confident 10th-placed Fulham, whose last three victories &#8211; against Wolves, Nottingham Forest and West Ham &#8211; have all come at Craven Cottage, have what it takes to walk away with at least a point at St James&#8217; Park.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8216;We are going to win more games away from home. 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