{"id":3679,"date":"2023-10-03T12:55:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T11:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/10\/03\/read_news-phpnid49014\/"},"modified":"2023-10-03T12:55:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T11:55:02","slug":"read_news-phpnid49014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faca.com.ng\/web\/2023\/10\/03\/read_news-phpnid49014\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The chance from Iwobi&#8217; &#8211; Marco Silva acknowledges Fulham improved in second half of loss to Chelsea:: All Nigeria Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsbody\">\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allnigeriasoccer.com\/..\/football_pics\/78545Iwobi.png\" height=\"240\" hspace=\"8\" vspace=\"8\" alt=\"'The chance from Iwobi' - Marco Silva acknowledges Fulham improved in second half of loss to Chelsea\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fulham\u00a0missed the chance to move into the top half of the English Premier League table after they were beaten 2-0 by Chelsea in a West London derby on Monday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alex Iwobi hopped off the bench to replace Harry Wilson eight minutes into the second half, international teammate Calvin Bassey was an unused substitute while\u00a0Tosin Adarabioyo is sidelined by a groin injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lesley Ugochukwu and Noni Madueke\u00a0came off the bench late in the second half for the Blues, while the game came too soon for Carney Chukwuemeka\u00a0who recently recovered from a knee injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mykhailo Mudryk, the young Ukrainian,\u00a0 delivered a goal at last for Chelsea when he opened the scoring in the 18th minute before\u00a0Armando Broja\u00a0netted his first goal since returning from a long term injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea bossed the first half but the second half belonged to Fulham after manager Marco Silva made some tactical tweaks to his side, one of which saw Iwobi replace Harry Wilson.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria playmaker\u00a0had a chance to reduce the deficit less than two minutes after his introduction but couldn&#8217;t catch the ball cleanly after a decent cross by\u00a0Antonee Robinson from the left.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking post-match, Silva asserted that Fulham improved in the second half after some changes of personnel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In quotes relayed by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fulhamfc.com\/news\/2023\/october\/02\/marcos-post-chelsea-presser\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Fulham&#8217;s official website<\/a> he said: &#8220;Our second half was better. We have created two clear chances and we have to score on one of those.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The chance from Alex Iwobi and then a massive one from Sa\u0161a Luki\u0107 in the six-yard box to make it 2-1, boost the crowd and go for the game again.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had much more of the ball, the biggest difference was most of the time they (Chelsea) decided well and created the chances.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fulham are sitting 13th in the table with 8 points from the opening seven games in the division, same number of points as Chelsea and Nottingham Forest who have a better goal difference.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ifeanyi Emmanuel\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Copyright ANS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All rights reserved. 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