"We played a good game, were very strong and we deserved to win," he said.

"It wasn’t as comfortable as it perhaps should have been in the end, but Fulham fought well and were maybe a little tired after their game against Juventus.

"We started well, scored two great goals and had many chances to make the game safe a long time before Fulham scored. I thought the whole team played really well, but we needed to take one of the chances early in the second half.

"The second goal was the key today because it made us calm and allowed us to pass the ball around and create many chances."