Fulham manager Marco Silva replaces THREE players after 33 minutes following shock start against Nottingham Forest
Fulham manager Marco Silva dropped THREE players just 33 minutes into a shock start against Nottingham Forest on Tuesday night.
Alex Iwobi, Sasa Lukic and Harry Wilson were roped in at the same time after a disastrous start for the west London side at the City Ground.
Adama Traore, Willian and Tom Cairney took their places.
Forest took a 2-0 lead through Callum Hudson-Odoi and Chris Wood and were on top as Fulham He seemed turgid with the ball.
And Silva simply got tired in the 33rd minute, taking the least seen triple sub, especially at this point in the game.
However, it had little effect as Forest went ahead and scored the third just before the break through Morgan Gibbs-White.
It capped a disastrous first 45 minutes for the Cottagers, who began the night in 12th place in the Premier League.
Meanwhile, Forest are fighting for their life in the top flight and started the evening three points above the relegation zone.
Hudson-Odoi had put the relegation-threatened team ahead from the start after clipping his favored right leg before a devilish low shot into the corner by Fulham goalkeeper Bernd Leno.
While the German goalkeeper could be forgiven for the first goal, there was a moment of confusion in the second which saw Wood double the lead for the home team.
first Arsenal The star was inexplicably off his line when Wood attempted a shot from outside the area that appeared to go into the net.
The Fulham defense had completely abandoned them for the third goal as Danilo and Gibbs-White marched unopposed towards goal with a pair of one-twos.
In the end, the former Wolves star had all the time in the world to score and almost end the contest at halftime.