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Fulham 2-0 Leeds United: Joao Palhinha and Manor Solomon score spectacular goals

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Marco Silva should be in contention for manager of the year for the “excellent” work he is doing at Fulham, says former England defender Micah Richards.

Fulham reached the quarter-finals of the FA Cup for the first time since 2010 after defeating Leeds United in an all-Premier League tie at Craven Cottage.

Special goals by Portugal midfielder Joao Palhinha and Manor Solomon continued the feel-good factor at the club, who sit sixth in the Premier League after last season’s promotion from the Championship under Portuguese boss Silva, who took charge in July 2021.

They are now just two wins from a first FA Cup final since 1975.

“Marco Silva has been excellent,” said Richards, who was at the game as part of BBC One’s live coverage. “At the start of the season we asked ‘are Fulham going to go down?’.

“He’s not only stabilised that but he has got a way of playing that suits the players he has got in the team – and he can mix it up.

“I just think the story of Fulham… he has got to be up for manager of the year.”

Former Fulham midfielder Danny Murphy, who was also part of BBC One’s coverage, said it would be “amazing” if his old club went on to win the FA Cup for the first time.

“How amazing would that be? It would be great reward for the fans and this manager who has done so well this season,” he added.

“But you need a bit of luck in the next round.”

Fulham thriving under Silva

Fulham are now unbeaten in their last seven games in all competitions and are a team full of confidence under Silva.

Silva made seven changes to his side but it still proved enough to send Leeds to a first defeat under their new boss Javi Gracia – and Fulham into Wednesday’s draw for the quarter-finals.

Leeds, who were well backed in London by their travelling fans, fell behind to Palhinha’s outstanding curling finish from about 30 yards which went in off the post.

The visitors responded by hitting the post through Georginio Rutter’s looping header, while they also had two goals – from Rutter and Wilfried Gnonto – ruled out.

Gnonto also forced a fine save from Marek Rodak before the visitors conceded a second, Solomon scoring for the fourth successive game with a strike past Illan Meslier from the edge of the box after exchanging passes with Aleksandar Mitrovic.

Fulham advanced by scoring from two of their three attempts on target. In contrast, Leeds had 16 attempts – six on target – without scoring.

‘We’re trying to change our FA Cup story’

Fulham boss Marco Silva: “It’s great for us to go through to play in the quarter-finals for the first time since 2009-10. We know that our story as a club in the FA Cup is not great and we are here to try and change it.”

Leeds boss Javi Gracia: “To be honest I think today we were a little bit unlucky because we created many chances. We were very close to scoring. One post, one goal disallowed which in my opinion was very soft. The effort of my players was massive.

“But if you don’t score and you are not clinical then you lose. Now our target is to try and win the next game, try and improve our position in the table and to try and grow.”

Player of the match

João PalhinhaJoão Palhinha

with an average of 6.30

Fulham

  1. Squad number26Player nameJoão Palhinha

    Average rating

    6.30

  2. Squad number11Player nameSolomon

    Average rating

    6.22

  3. Squad number13Player nameReam

    Average rating

    5.78

  4. Squad number1Player nameRodák

    Average rating

    5.73

  5. Squad number9Player nameMitrovic

    Average rating

    5.61

  6. Squad number33Player nameRobinson

    Average rating

    5.52

  7. Squad number18Player nameAndreas Pereira

    Average rating

    5.49

  8. Squad number8Player nameWilson

    Average rating

    5.45

  9. Squad number12Player nameCédric Soares

    Average rating

    5.39

  10. Squad number28Player nameLukic

    Average rating

    5.32

  11. Squad number4Player nameTosin

    Average rating

    5.28

  12. Squad number20Player nameWillian

    Average rating

    4.80

  13. Squad number30Player nameCarlos Vinícius

    Average rating

    4.77

  14. Squad number6Player nameReed

    Average rating

    4.63

  15. Squad number2Player nameTete

    Average rating

    4.58

  16. Squad number14Player nameDe Cordova-Reid

    Average rating

    4.54

Leeds United

  1. Squad number29Player nameGnonto

    Average rating

    6.26

  2. Squad number5Player nameKoch

    Average rating

    6.19

  3. Squad number24Player nameRutter

    Average rating

    6.12

  4. Squad number7Player nameAaronson

    Average rating

    6.05

  5. Squad number3Player nameFirpo

    Average rating

    6.05

  6. Squad number2Player nameAyling

    Average rating

    6.01

  7. Squad number11Player nameHarrison

    Average rating

    5.93

  8. Squad number10Player nameSummerville

    Average rating

    5.82

  9. Squad number28Player nameMcKennie

    Average rating

    5.74

  10. Squad number1Player nameMeslier

    Average rating

    5.59

  11. Squad number8Player nameRoca

    Average rating

    5.53

  12. Squad number12Player nameAdams

    Average rating

    5.53

  13. Squad number25Player nameKristensen

    Average rating

    5.46

  14. Squad number9Player nameBamford

    Average rating

    5.32

Line-ups

Fulham

Formation 4-2-3-1

1Rodák

12Cédric Soares4Tosin13Ream33Robinson

28Lukic26João Palhinha

8Wilson18Pereira11Solomon

9Mitrovic

  • 1Rodák
  • 12Cédric SoaresSubstituted forTeteat 90′minutes
  • 4Tosin
  • 13Ream
  • 33Robinson
  • 28Lukic
  • 26João PalhinhaSubstituted forReedat 81′minutes
  • 8WilsonSubstituted forWillianat 82′minutes
  • 18Pereira
  • 11SolomonSubstituted forDe Cordova-Reidat 81′minutes
  • 9MitrovicSubstituted forAlves Moraisat 69′minutes

Substitutes

  • 2Tete
  • 5Duffy
  • 6Reed
  • 14De Cordova-Reid
  • 17Leno
  • 20Willian
  • 30Alves Morais
  • 31Diop
  • 38Harris

Leeds

Formation 4-3-3

1Meslier

2Ayling25Kristensen5Koch3Firpo

28McKennie12Adams8Roca

10Summerville24Rutter29Gnonto

  • 1Meslier
  • 2Ayling
  • 25Kristensen
  • 5Koch
  • 3Firpo
  • 28McKennie
  • 12Adams
  • 8RocaSubstituted forAaronsonat 74′minutes
  • 10Summerville
  • 24RutterSubstituted forBamfordat 63′minutes
  • 29GnontoSubstituted forHarrisonat 64′minutes

Substitutes

  • 7Aaronson
  • 9Bamford
  • 11Harrison
  • 16Perkins
  • 18Gyabi
  • 22Robles
  • 34Pinheiro Monteiro
  • 49Fernández
  • 63Gray
Referee:
Chris Kavanagh

Attendance:
19,359

Match Stats

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Match ends, Fulham 2, Leeds United 0.

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