Up until victory over Wolves, they had scored just nine goals in nine league games. Then three critical components collided and showed a glimpse of what could be a winning formula for Marco Silva: a record signing, a talented teenager and fit-again star quality.

We kept ourselves in the game and we were better in the second half than in the first half. There was a bit of tension in the team so it was very important for us to win. We controlled the game much better in the second half.

Under-pressure Vitor Pereira branded Wolves’ performance in the 3-0 defeat at Fulham as their worst since he took over as boss.

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Vitor Pereira described Wolverhampton Wanderers’ defeat at Fulham on Saturday as “the worst performance” of his reign as pressure mounted further on the head coach and his players.

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Fulham boss Marco Silva has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Wolves at Craven Cottage (kick-off 15:00 GMT). Here are the key lines from his news conference:

Fulham had their chances and equalised on 56 minutes when Sasa Lukic headed in after Raul Jimenez hit the crossbar, with Sven Botman suffering a head injury in trying to prevent the goal.

Two English Premier League sides that have had bumpy starts to the new season meet up on Saturday, as Newcastle United gets set to host Fulham.

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