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Marco Silva, speaking to BBC Match of the Day: "If you want to ask me just about [Leno's save], I prefer to go in a different direction and remind you about the chances we had. The big one in the first half was from Sessegnon. They were better second half, but we had a big chance from Harry Wilson - but yes, it was a big save from Leno.

"I think we had a good first half, we dominated. I think we got control of the game, the build-up was good. We let the game get into our offensive half. We had some good combinations. There wasn't any clear chances in the first half from both sides apart from Sessegnon and a corner for them.

"Second half, we started well, but we dropped a bit. They pushed in the last 30 minutes. From the bench, we tried to finish the game but our build-up was not at the same level, and we suffered more. They had their big chance, but I have to look back at Harry Wilson's big moment. We expect from him to find the target with a player of his quality.

On Alex Iwobi, who came off injured: "Let's hope it's not serious. We have to assess in the next few days and we can take some conclusions. It's a big miss for us because he is so crucial. It's a chance for the others [to play]."

Did you know?

• Fulham have won just one of their last eight Premier League away matches (D3 L4). In fact, just 35.6% of Fulham's 45 points in the Premier League have been picked up away from home (16 points - P17 W4 D4 L9), with only Wolves (29.4%) picking up a smaller share of their points on the road in the competition this season.

• None of Fulham's 10 shots at goal in this game found the target, the first time they've finished a Premier League away game without a single shot on target since April 2023 (v Aston Villa).

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Heading into Saturday's west London derby, Brentford had just one home win in 2026 while Fulham had one away win during the same period.

So, with hindsight, a draw should not have come as a big surprise in this fixture.

Aiming to do a double over Brentford for the second season running, the Cottagers made an underwhelming start before finding a foothold in the game when Ryan Sessegnon and Alex Iwobi offered some threat down the left wing.

It was, however, fleeting as Iwobi pulled up with an hamstring issue five minutes before the interval and had to be replaced by his Nigerian compatriot Samuel Chukwueze.

Harry Wilson, who had10 goals and six assists in 30 appearances and was on the scoresheet as they recovered from going behind to beat the Bees 3-1 in September, had the best of their chances but failed to trouble Caoimhin Kelleher.

None of their10 shots found the target - the first time they finished a game without a single shot on target since facing Arsenal in October.

They had goalkeeper Bernd Leno to thank for avoiding a late defeat with a spectacular save to deny Dango Ouattara in the dying seconds but the draw in the will not help either side's chances in the race for European spots.

Marco Silva's side will next face Aston Villa at Craven Cottage on Saturday, 25 April (12:30).

Whether you were at the game or following from elsewhere, we want to know what you learned.

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Brentford head coach Keith Andrews has named unchanged starting line-up from the 2-2 draw against Everton last week.

Igor Thiago, only one goal behind Erling Haaland in the Golden Boot race, starts up front while full-back Aaron Hickey returns to the matchday squad for the first time since February, having recovered from a hamstring injury.

Brentford XI: Kelleher, Van den Berg, Schade, Jensen, Thiago, Yarmoliuk, Ouattara, Collins, Lewis-Potter, Damsgaard, Kayode.

Subs: Valdimarsson, Hickey, Pinnock, Nelson, Ajer, Donovan, Bentt, Shield, Stephenson.

Marco Silva, meanwhile, has made four changes to Fulham side that suffered a 2-0 defeat at Liverpool last time out.

Ryan Sessegnon, Emile Smith Rowe, Sasa Lukic and Tom Cairney all come in as Antonee Robinson, Josh King, Oscar Bobb and Sander Berge drop out.

Fulham XI: Leno, Bassey, Andersen, Wilson, Muniz, Cairney, Iwobi, Lukic, Castagne, Sessegnon, Smith Rowe.

Subs: Lecomte, Reed, Jimenez, Bobb, Berge, Chukwueze, King, Diop, Robinson.

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Brentford and Fulham go head-to-head in a west London derby on Saturday (12:30 BST) that could have implications for both sides' hopes of qualifying for Europe.

Thiago chasing Golden Boot

Brentford lost first-choice strikers Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa last summer but Igor Thiago has proved the perfect replacement.

The Brazilian's 21 Premier League goals so far this season is a club record in the competition, beating the 20 in a campaign scored by Mbeumo and Ivan Toney.

Thiago did not score in any of his eight Brentford games in an injury-interrupted 2024-25 season, seven of which came from the bench. But he has taken full advantage of his new first-choice role in 2025-26, in which he has started all but one of Brentford's 32 league games.

The 24-year-old, who scored in the Bees' first game of the season, has had just one barren patch, failing to score in a run of six matches from the start of December to the beginning of January.

But that New Year's Day blank against Tottenham was followed by five goals in his next two games and he has scored more Premier League goals in 2026 than any other player.

His form was rewarded with his first international cap last month and last weekend he became the first Brazilian to score 20 Premier League goals in a season.

Now just one goal behind Erling Haaland this season, could he go on to become the first man from his country to win the Premier League Golden Boot?

Fulham impress against west London rivals

This week marked the 25th anniversary of Fulham's first promotion to the Premier League – there have been ups and downs since then but three consecutive mid-table finishes have firmly established Fulham as a top-flight club.

There have also been ups and downs in 2025-26, in which the Cottagers have been inconsistent, but a strong finish to the season could mean a new club record points total for the second consecutive campaign and possible qualification for Europe.

Fulham have struggled on the road recently, winning just one of their seven Premier League away games in 2026. Only Tottenham and Wolves have collected fewer points on the road since the turn of the year than the Cottagers' five.

But while it's an away fixture, it's also pretty close to home, with fewer than five miles separating Craven Cottage from the Gtech Community Stadium.

So rather than dwelling on their poor away form, Fulham may prefer to focus on their good recent record against their west London neighbours – they have won the last three meetings.

I was a bit disappointed with the way Fulham played at Anfield last week, because I thought they might nick something against Liverpool.

They beat Brentford earlier in the season, and did the double over them in 2024-25, so it will be interesting to see how Marco Silva's side play here - there is a danger their season might be fizzling out a bit.

I was right when I went for Brentford to share the points against Everton, which was their fourth draw in a row.

The Bees are still in with a chance of making the Champions League places so they will be disappointed with the way they let the three points slip away in that game, but you can probably guess which result I am going for here.

Sutton's prediction: 1-1

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Fulham boss Marco Silva has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium (kick-off 12:30 BST).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• The Fulham boss said there is not much change regarding the injury situation, confirming that Kenny Tete and Kevin remain out although Harrison Reed is back in contention.

• Silva admitted it is a pivotal game for their European hopes: "I do believe [that], definitely. It's against a team who are clearly in the battle with us. They are three points above ourselves and that gap that is there, we have to do the maximum we can to win the game and the gap is going to disappear - simple as that."

• He said derbies are "more special" because of what they mean to the fanbase and added: "You are here to achieve points, get good results, to be proud of the position in the table, to get the goals you have for the season but the main thing is to make the people that love the football club proud of the work. A game like this one always has an impact on them."

• On the belief that they can beat their Premier League points record again, Silva said: "We believe. Eleven months ago I didn't have any doubts and I didn't know what the squad was going to be, how many players we are going to lose or sign, what type of investment we are going to have. I spoke with the players in the dressing room and I set the standards for the season after."

• The Fulham boss said details such as form "does not have so much impact" in a game like this which is "so special".

• On their lack of goals of late, Silva said: "What we can give them [the players] is to keep working with them, give the trust that a goal is going to come."

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Drew Heatley
Fan writer

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Houston, we have a problem. Specifically, a full-back problem.

Fixing it should be high on our summer to-do list, after sorting out the obvious contract situations with boss Marco Silva and star player Harry Wilson, of course.

On the surface, we are blessed. We have Antonee Robinson on the left, a United States international who was once courted by AC Milan, and Kenny Tete on the right, a former PSV Eindhoven player awash with top-level European experience.

But this season has shown that it could be time to part with one, or both, of them.

Robinson, affectionately known as 'Jedi', has been a shadow of his former self this term after having knee surgery in the summer which caused a stuttering start to his campaign.

But since his return to the starting XI, his performances have been under par. He gets dispossessed, he is at fault for more than his fair share of goals and his crossing has lost its accuracy.

It is quite the drop-off from last year's player of the season.

Then there is Tete, whose performances have been better than those of his left-sided counterpart, but his injury record is starting to become a millstone.

He has missed a dozen games or more each season for the past three campaigns and his understudy, Timothy Castagne, is just not the required standard for a side challenging for the top half of the Premier League.

The Belgium international had a torrid time last weekend against Liverpool teenager Rio Ngumoha.

The evolution of the game in the past 20 years means a side is only as good as its full-backs. They are crucial for both defending and constructing forward moves and, at the moment, ours are having a negative impact on both elements.

If we want to reach the orbit of the European places, it is a problem that has to be sorted - and fast.

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Two Premier League heavyweights are set to face each other this weekend at Etihad Stadium, as Manchester City host Arsenal.

Both teams go into the fixture with different targets. For Mikel Arteta's side, it is about extending their lead at the top of the table. For Pep Guardiola's side, it is about closing the gap and keeping themselves in the title race.

It is a fixture being labelled a title decider by some, so we want to know who you want to win this Sunday's match.

Will you be cheering on the Citizens or getting behind the Gunners?

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We asked for your views on whether Fulham have achieved enough in the Premier League, 25 years to the day on from first winning promotion to the top flight under Jean Tigana.

Here are some of your replies:

Billy: Honestly? No. Fulham should have at least won a trophy, either an FA Cup or League Cup, by now. There is something in the club mentality that stops us from reaching our potential. We are always nearly there, but not nearly enough. You have to think about why we cannot compete at a higher level.

Jim: There are probably more than 80 teams that would be more than happy to swap their last 25 years with ours. Any long-term Fulham supporter wouldn't swap the last 25 years for our previous 25 years.

Ali: For the money spent and the players let go, constant mid-table is a success. The bigger success will be the rebuild if Marco Silva, Raul Jimenez and Harry Wilson leave this season, and in a couple years players like Bernd Leno leave - the types who have been starters since we came up last time. Watching teams like West Ham and Wolves - who were in Europe recently - struggle made me realise you're one bad manager or a few signings away from that bottom three.

David: I saw my first Fulham game in 1947, aged six. I have followed them ever since and I am still seldom confident, especially when playing lower-ranked teams, but true love never dies.

Chris: Unfortunately we badly invested in that 2001 season, where a multi-millionaire owner would have made a difference (thinking of the likes of Jack Waller etc). Once Abramovich came in, billionaire owners were needed for instant success and we never truly kicked on. We then became a selling club and lost the few stars we had in those first two seasons, within half a decade. Since then, there have been some highlights but we have missed great opportunities to get a trophy. We will likely drop down in the next couple of seasons, especially with the PSR/FFP rules.

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Drew Heatley
Fan writer

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It's been quite the quarter of a century for Fulham Football Club.

This month we celebrate 25 years since the Whites returned to the top flight and graced the Premier League for the first time.

A victory at Huddersfield - on this day in 2001 - came just days after beating title rivals Blackburn to seal the deal and we eventually finished on 101 points – 10 ahead of Rovers.

While marking the anniversary, it is impossible not to reflect on the period since.

Our promotion kick-started an up-and-down 13-year stay in the Premier League. We finished as high as seventh and reached the final of the Europa League. Our best night in the last 25 years has to be our 4-1 win over Juventus at Craven Cottage. Can it ever be topped?

We also struggled, avoiding the drop on the final day of the 2007-08 season. Both happened under perhaps our greatest-ever manager, Roy Hodgson.

• Have Fulham achieved enough since 2001? Tell us

We were not so lucky in 2014, relegated at Stoke in what is probably our lowest point. I am not sure any Premier League relegation hurts more than the first.

Despite a period of exile from 2014 to 2018, leading to our "yo-yo" years until 2022, it is impossible to say Fulham have not overachieved.

Yes, we have financial backing but given our size and the competition in the country's capital, to have spent 19 of the 25 seasons in the Premier League since our arrival is a significant achievement.

For some, it is the best it will get. For others, we agitate for more. In these past 25 years we have become the biggest club to never have won a major domestic trophy. It is not a label we wish to have, and it is one we are desperate to shed.

If Hodgson is our number one, then Marco Silva is 1A. But with Fulham out of all cups this season and Silva's future up in the air, it remains to be seen what will happen next year, let alone the next 25.

Given the volatile nature of the beautiful game, I will be grateful if we achieve more highs than lows.

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Three relegations, three promotions, one European final and plenty of star signings who went on to become Craven Cottage heroes.

Below are a few images charting Fulham Football Club's highs and lows since 2001, as 14 April marks 25 years since the club secured a first promotion to the Premier League.

• Have your say on Fulham's past 25 years - has enough been achieved?

Dutch goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar was one of the highest-profile signings made by Fulham following their promotion to the Premier League in 2001.

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Chris Coleman, whose playing career at Fulham had been ended prematurely by injury, succeeded Jean Tigana as manager in 2003 and led the club to ninth spot in his first full season in charge.

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Fulham pulled off a remarkable escape from relegation in 2008, with Danny Murphy's winner at Portsmouth securing safety on the final day of the season.

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Craven Cottage hosted some memorable European nights during the 2009-10 season, not least an unforgettable 4-1 victory over Italian giants Juventus.

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Roy Hodgson's side went all the way to the Europa League final in Hamburg, but they were beaten 2-1 in extra time by Atletico Madrid.

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Fulham's unbroken stay of 13 years in the top division came to an end in 2014.

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Fulham were promoted in 2018, relegated in 2019, promoted in 2020, relegated in 2021 and then promoted as Championship winners in 2022.

Free-scoring striker Aleksandar Mitrovic was a member of all three promotion-winning squads.

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Fulham have established themselves in the Premier League once more with three consecutive mid-table finishes under Marco Silva.

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Since winning promotion to the Premier League for the first time on this day - 14 April - in 2001, Fulham have spent only six seasons outside England's top division.

Their highest Premier League finish of seventh place came in 2008-09 under Roy Hodgson, while their average finishing position in their 18 completed top-flight campaigns since 2001 is between 12th and 13th.

There have been three European campaigns over the past 25 years - the highlight, of course, being their run to the 2010 Europa League final - while Fulham have made the semi-finals of the FA Cup and League Cup once apiece without reaching a domestic final.

There were also relegations in 2014, 2019 and 2021 - but an immediate return to the Premier League was secured on the latter two occasions.

Fulham fans - how do you view your club's past 25 years? Is it the best period in your club's history? Could the club have achieved more in that time, or is the truth somewhere in-between? And what do you think the next few years have in store for Fulham?

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Saturday, 14 April 2001 was the day Fulham confirmed their return to England's top flight after a 33-year absence.

Fulham had been a fourth-tier club in 1996-97 but, with significant financial backing, rose through the leagues with three promotions in the space of five years.

Under former France international Jean Tigana, Fulham won their first 11 games of the 2000-01 season and ended the campaign as second-tier champions on 101 points.

Young French striker Louis Saha netted 27 league goals, ably supported by Barry Hayles and Luis Boa Morte, while players such as Andy Melville and Lee Clark added valuable experience.

Promotion was secured when Fulham won 2-1 at Huddersfield, with Saha and Boa Morte scoring the visitors' goals.

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We asked for your thoughts after Saturday's Premier League game between Liverpool and Fulham.

Here are some of your comments:

Liverpool fans

Tracy: Excellent and welcome result from the Reds. Rio Ngumoha was superb and deadly accurate. Let's see more from our 17-year-old please, a class player.

Michael: A good win but Liverpool only play in moments, relying on individual brilliance to win games. And we completely dropped off after 60-minutes, which seems to be the usual. At least Rio started and Dominik Szoboszlai was playing as an eight, which is his best position. Good for Alexander Isak to get minutes as well. Harder tests to come against more physical teams, starting with PSG and then Everton away, which I'm already dreading.

Ben: Much better than recent outings and, yet again, Rio Ngumoha demonstrates why he should start more often. Michael Owen and Steven Gerrard were both around 17 when they burst onto the scene and look how they progressed. Ngumoha can be like them, if not better, but he needs more starts. He must start against PSG on Tuesday if we're to have any chance of turning that tie around, otherwise we could risk another big club coming in for him and risk losing such an extraordinary talent.

Oliver: We can't kid ourselves. A positive win but we could still end up getting a thrashing in the next Premier League game. But speaking of kids, young Ngumoha is an exceptional talent. Of course you want to protect him physically but whoever is in the dugout next season must pick him as a starter. Fantastic performance!

Fulham fans

Mike: It looked like Liverpool were the team who had had three weeks off. Fulham just weren't in the game from the beginning. I hope we don't make it into a European competition because we just don't have the depth needed and, unfortunately, the squad we have is not good enough to compete in Europe

Louis: Defensively great, but we lacked drive to move the ball forwards and to create chances. The midfield and attack had many gaps which really impacted us. Some tactics need to change because this isn't the first time!

Jan: We seem to play with no real belief when we meet the big teams. A poor first half was all that was required to miss out, and this seems to be a pattern. We've had chances all through the season to make progress up the table and we always bottle it. It's so disappointing as the talent is there but not the belief.

Robbie: What we have come to expect at this time of the season. No real desire from anyone that showed we were playing for a shot at Europe! The manager situation doesn't help in my opinion either, it feels like every negative result is nothing to do with his selection or tactics and edges him more towards his exit door.

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• Liverpool 2-0 Fulham

Fulham boss Marco Silva speaking to BBC MOTD after defeat by Liverpool: "Disappointing result - punished by the first half. The statistics of the game was balanced in terms of shots, chances, it was very balanced. We had chances that we didn't score. We were not ruthless enough.

"We were too passive in moments, for both goals. These type of moments made an impact and we were punished by our first half. We were not at the level we should. Second half we won many balls, more aggressive and closer to scoring goals, much better. We need to be consistent, not wait for them to score and wait for half time."

Did you know?

• Fulham have won just one of their seven Premier League away games in 2026; only Tottenham Hotspur and Wolves (both 3) have collected fewer points on the road since the turn of the year than the Cottagers' five.

Phil McNulty
Chief football writer

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Marco Silva's Fulham arrived at Anfield with Liverpool's confidence low after damaging defeats and discontent swirling around a fanbase dissatisfied with events on and off the field.

It carried all the hallmarks of the perfect opportunity to strike a wounded opponent and record a rare Anfield victory.

Instead, Fulham lacked urgency when it mattered, even when it was clear Liverpool's rearguard was vulnerable, with some opportunities to take the lead, or at least claw back the goal that might have had nerves jangling among players and fans alike, not taken.

Indeed, Fulham had 19 attempts in this defeat, the joint most Liverpool have faced in a Premier League game since records started in 2003/04.

Fulham will look back on this with regret because this was a clear chance to cause Liverpool trouble and it was missed.

Whether you were at the game or following from elsewhere, we want to know what you learned.

Have your say on Liverpool's performance

What did you make of Fulham's display?

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