Fulham boss Marco Silva has warning for Man City

Fulham boss Marco Silva is confident they will test Manchester City in today's early kickoff.

Silva admits they've performed better this season against teams above them on the table.

Last season, even in that amazing season from ourselves, I was questioned many times and probably fair enough about us being good against the teams under ourselves [in the table]," Silva said.

Against the teams above ourselves, we just won one, against the top sides we hadn't won, all that stuff. I think this season we gave some steps in this aspect, we have been really tough to play against.

Even last season we were, but we didn't achieve the results. This season it's been different, we have been achieving some great results with some great performances against the top sides of this Premier League.

And it's a great challenge again because it's a team that demands many, many things from you, it's a team that probably like no other team in the world has the capacity to have the ball and to keep the possession and frustrate the opposition side with the possession that they have.

And they take a lot of energy, not just from your body but emotionally as well. For us, for example, we don't like to not have [possession]. If you ask me, would I like to have more of the ball than them, I would love it.

It's not going to be easy, the way they play, the way they approach the games, and because of that it's going to be a game that is going to demand from ourselves to be really resilient.

Apart from the good organisation that we have to show in both sides, defensive and offensive as well, we have to be really resilient. Clinical, ruthless as well to be able to match them and to fight to get a good result."