Fulham star left with 'mixed feelings' after what could have been in Man City defeat

Andreas Pereira was on target for Fulham at Manchester City but the Cottagers missed a host of chances in their 3-2 defeat at the Etihad

Fulham star left with 'mixed feelings' after what could have been in Man City defeat

Andreas Pereira said Fulham can take many positives from the way they played at Manchester City – despite coming away with nothing.

Marco Silva's side caused Pep Guardiola's champions a host of problems and created a series of goalscoring chances, but were unable to make them count.

Midfielder Pereira, who opened the scoring, said: “It's a little bit of mixed feelings. We created a few chances, we could have come away with a draw and I would say that would have been fair.

“So mixed feelings, but very proud of the players as well, for what we did. We played well. It's a difficult place to play and they have a lot of quality players. But we showed that we can compete against them."

Reflecting on his goal, which came courtesy of an exquisite back-heeled assist from Raul Jimenez, Pereira said: “After the build-up, when Raul got the ball, I know that he has a little bit of an acrobatic style and he can always give balls in a special way.

“When I saw he was going for the back-heel, I took a little bit more space and tried to read the trajectory of the ball, so I was lucky there.”

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