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News – UK – Parker are confident Fulham can stay up after Everton win

15 February 2021

Fulham boss Scott Parker was full of confidence that the Cottagers had it in them to avoid relegation from the Premier League after a brace from Josh Maja They won 2-0 at Everton on Sunday

Nigerian striker Maja scored two clinical goals to keep the hopes of the 18th Resurrecting ranked Fulham avoiding the fall as he moved within seven safety points and ended a run of 12 league games without a win

When asked if Fulham could create a great escape, Parker said, “Hopefully this is how we go about our business, we’ve drawn too many games and we have to win them. We’re now going into two big games (against Burnley away and Sheffield United at home) and into the rest of the season

“I have full confidence in this team, I honestly have that. People judge performance based on wins and losses I see it differently because I see it every day and have to be more rational with my team. It gives me constant belief

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“I know what we have to do and so do the players. We can’t control what’s around us, we just have to go out there and win football games. If we do that, I know it will be OK”

Everton manager Carton Ancelotti admitted his side were outplayed and fortunate enough not to lose by a larger margin as Fulham missed a number of opportunities in the first half. “The game wasn’t good, we had Problems everywhere, they put a lot of pressure on our defenders and we couldn’t build up properly, “the Italian told BT Sport

“We were physically affected because they played with a lot of intensity and we couldn’t do it. We don’t have to lose confidence, we have to improve our mistakes from tonight, be better physically on Wednesday (against leaders Manchester City) ”