Marco Silva admitted his Fulham side were well below par in their 3-0 defeat against title-chasing Manchester City.
Three goals in the space of 15 first-half minutes, scored by Antoine Semenyo, Nico O’Reilly and Erling Haaland, put the hosts in complete control.
“Not good. Not good enough. We are not at the level and the demands of a game like this one,” Whites boss Silva said.
“We conceded some cheap goals, simple as that.”
Fulham were second best but did have chances – not least when Harry Wilson could have equalised.
In the second half, Emile Smith Rowe and Josh King both tested City keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.
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Silva said: “The reality is that you had the chance with Wilson to equalise the game. At the end of the first half, a big chance with Raul one-on-one with the keeper as well.
“This type of game, even if you aren’t at your best level, when you have the chance (you have) to be clinical and ruthless.
“I think we had a really balanced second half, and definitely congratulations to City, but we are capable of doing much better. We cannot be happy with our performance at all.”
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