Marco Silva praised the application of his players and the quality of Fulham’s performance after watching the Whites win 3-1 at Championship high fliers Ipswich Town tonight.

The Cottagers cruised into the last eight of the League Cup thanks to goals from Harry Wilson, Rodrigo Muniz and Tom Cairney. Silva told his post-match press conference at Portman Road that he was delighted with how his side responded to the number of changes before kick off.

Yes very good performance. Credit to the players, congratulations to them.

“It is true we did eight changes in our XI and even we probably needed more because we are going to play an early kick-off on Saturday, but in some positions it was impossible to do. If I had the chance, I would do even more (changes), but the main thing for me is we kept our structure, we kept the same way. All the players know the way we want to play and we were really serious in the way we approach the game.”

Silva also challenged Muniz to become a regular after his well-taken goal in the second half

He is always a candidate and he had a very good pre-season, Unfortunately in the moment he was showing his quality, showing how he was growing, even if last season was tough for him, he had a muscle injury and it stop a little bit his development in the pre-season.

“He came back and had a very good game against Tottenham in the first Carabao Cup match we have and he is taking his chances. So, he is always a candidate like the others, like Raul (Jimenez) and Carlos Vinicius.

“They are fighting for the position, we don’t have a number one, two or three. It is for me to decide for each game regarding the strategy and what I want from the game. It is up to them to show the quality they have and to show they are able to play.