Marco Silva says the "best team won," following Fulham's 2-1 victory over Leicester
Marco Silva, Manager of Fulham, reacts during the Premier League match between Fulham FC and Leicester City FC (Photo by Alex Broadway/Getty Images)

Fulham won their first home game of their 2024/25 Premier League campaign with a 2-1 victory over Leicester.

The Cottagers began their season with a 1-0 defeat to Manchester United last weekend but got their first points of the year against the promoted Foxes.

With goals from new signing Emile Smith Rowe and Alex Iwobi, they eventually cancelled out a late first-half equaliser from Wout Faes.

Fulham head coach Marco Silva felt his side were the deserved winners on the afternoon, after a dominant showing.

The home side dominated both the possession and chances and had to go ahead twice to take all three points.

"The better team won the game"

Speaking to Sky Sports, the Fulham manager was pleased with his side's performance.

He said: "I think the best team won the game.

"We well deserved the three points, I think we were clearly the most dominant team on the pitch.

"In the first 30 minutes, we were at a very good level and performance- wise we played so well.

"We created chances and should have created more, and scored more."

Impressed with Smith Rowe

New signing Emile Smith Rowe joined Fulham from Arsenal this summer and scored his first Premier League goal in two years.

Silva is enjoying working with the midfielder.

He said: "He is getting there step by step physically and performance-wise.

"He is a player that we signed to contribute for us with goals and assists.

"We know he has the capacity to arrive in the box in the right moments and it was a very good finish.

"He is going to get better and better."

Excitement for this season's additions

Fulham have had to bring in reinforcements following the departures of important squad places such as Tosin Adarabioyo, João Palhinha, and Bobby de-Cordova Reid to name a few.

Along with Smith Rowe, Ryan Sessgenon has returned to his boyhood club.

Defenders Joachim Andersen and Jorge Cuenca have also signed, along with midfielder Sander Berge.

Silva is happy with the additions but wants more.

He said: "We are pleased, and the market is still open.

"We are working to sign another player for the attacking line to play in the wide areas as we lost two players there.

"We are working with Tony Khan to get the players that we need.

"The plan was clear and we were patient, sometimes it is not easy in the Premier League to get the players that we want.

"From a business point of view, it is always really tough, we lost some big characters in our dressing room and big names at this football club the last few seasons.

"It was important for us to sign players who can have an impact."