Fulham manager Marco Silva speaking to Match of the Day: “Of course we take many positives from the game but the feeling is not the best, as you would expect.

“Before the game we had the ambition and the conditions, I believe, to get a different result. Massive respect to City, we knew the bad record from ourselves since 2009 against them – we wanted to change this tonight.

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“The way we started, again, made this more difficult for us. We were too soft, we didn’t start on the front foot, like we should start these games.

“The first 20 minutes were difficult. We conceded the second goal too soft. The reaction of the team was always good, even after 1-0 we had a big chance through Emile [Smith Rowe] to score to equalise the game.

“It’s a game where you score four goals and lose at home, the feeling is not good.

“I told the players at half time ‘I have a feeling you are going to score in the second half’. First minutes of the second half, we conceded straight away. The reaction was top, the belief that they showed there.

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“We didn’t take any points but we took many many things from this game which will help us to win games in the future.”

On what he was thinking when 5-1 down: “It was a very tough moment. I really felt during the first half that what we planned was what was needed.

“Off the ball we were not aggressive enough.

“I really have to praise the players for their reaction. They deserve much more.”

On Josh King’s effort, cleared off the goal line in added time: “It was a great moment from us, the way the ball comes from one side to the other.

“It is what it is, it’s football. Probably the players deserve a point but let’s move forward for Crystal Palace.”

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On the home support: “The respect that the fans showed at the end of the game means more than one point. They did something that is not normal in football because the fans showed that respect. We have to move on and we’ll need them again on Sunday.”