Marco Silva rejects Fulham advantage vs Liverpool as he looks to extend record over Arne Slot

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Liverpool has drawn twice and lost once in the three meetings with the Cottagers since Slot took charge.But Silva, speaking ahead of January’s 2-2 draw at Craven Cottage a particularly bruising encounter, said he mainly attributes his recent successes against Liverpool to hard work and discipline.READ MORE: Billy Hogan sends email to Liverpool fans as protests set to begin on Saturday vs FulhamREAD MORE: Every word Arne Slot said on FSG stance, Alexander Isak, and Liverpool injuries“Not advantage,” the ex-Champions League coach said, when asked if he had an edge heading into the match.“I understand the bad run of Liverpool, and it’s not the best season for them, but you cannot forget they are champions.“They probably don’t have a chance to fight and is going to be very difficult for them to achieve again the title, but they were the champions and there is a reason behind that. We don’t go in the way that they are bad and this is a different Liverpool.“We respect their qualities and what they are capable of doing.

We have to prepare for the best version of Liverpool and just our best version is possible to achieve a result.Silva has caused Slot plenty of headaches over the years(Image: Getty Images)“Looking back at our record against them, it has been good because most of the time we had good performances. “They lost three games in the different competitions and, of course, if this is going to have an impact on the game, we don’t know.“All the clubs have ups and downs.

In a big club, any defeat probably hurts more.”Fulham has not played in three weeks, while Liverpool’s game is sandwiched between two mammoth Champions League ties against PSG, and Silva admits his side has used the additional time to rest and implement its tactical approach.“We have been working very hard this week to prepare the Liverpool game. We knew before, it was going to be three weeks and, of course, we prepare ourselves as best as was possible with the players we had for the Liverpool game.”