MARCO Silva believes the sky is the limit for Rodrigo Muniz after the Fulham striker scored his fifth goal in five games as the Cottagers defeated Brighton & Hove Albion 3-0 at Craven Cottage last weekend.
Muniz added the second before half-time after Harry Wilson had opened the scoring.
Adama Traore rounded off a perfect afternoon for Fulham who had less than 30 per cent possession but were much more clinical than Roberto De Zerbi’s visitors.
Fulham made it consecutive wins after their victory against Manchester United the previous weekend.
Muniz, 22, had only scored one goal in his previous seventeen appearances this season.
“They were great performances. Rodrigo is getting better and better,” Silva said. “He’s getting stronger which is really difficult for the defenders to deal with. We know that if we provide for him inside the box then he’s really dangerous as well.
“We expected Brighton to play man-on-man across the pitch and to press us and we knew we had to play behind that pressure. To have a player like Rodrigo to link up our game and build our attack is really important.
“The way he’s improving in all aspects of the game is really good for us and for him he’s a happy boy as you’d expect, and I think there’s even more to come from him.”
Silva added after consecutive wins for the first time since December: “I’m really happy because we deserved the three points at home with a clean sheet.
“To have back-to-back wins in the Premier League is really tough and we wanted to get back to winning ways after the Aston Villa [defeat].
“We showed quality, commitment and desire to do the right things and that’s positive.
“The first half was almost perfect, I must say. They didn’t create one chance and we were clinical of course with the goals that we scored.
“The second goal is almost a perfect team goal, the way we built from the goalkeeper until the last moment with the ball passing between our three midfielders, was almost a perfect goal that myself as a manager, the players, have to be proud of.
“It was something that we prepared, and when you see that happening on the pitch it’s a great feeling.
“They had some moments but throughout the game we were always looking for their goal, every time we won the ball we were really dangerous as well.
“And, in the end, we scored the third with Adama to have back-to-back wins and the clean sheet, which was really important for us. Great afternoon for us.”
