Alex Iwobi said Fulham ‘exploited’ two Manchester United players within the Premier League stalemate at Craven Cottage.
Ruben Amorim’s side were on track to record their first win of the brand new season after Rodrigo Muniz scored an own goal on the hour mark.
But Fulham responded well to going behind and earned some extent through substitute Emile Smith Rowe.
Manchester United must have gone ahead in the primary half but Bruno Fernandes skied a penalty well over the bar after Mason Mount was dragged down within the box.
The visitors made a brilliant start in west London, with summer signings Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo combining well in the ultimate third.
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But Fulham wrestled back control and arguably finished the sport on top against a United team that progressively got worse through the match.
Iwobi praised the ‘resilience’ Fulham displayed and said his teammates were capable of ‘exploit’ United’s midfield pair of Bruno Fernandes and Casemiro.
Fernandes played in a deeper role alongside Casemiro at Craven Cottage behind a front-three of Bryan Mbeumo, Matheus Cunha and Mason Mount.
Asked what was most pleasing about Fulham’s draw with Manchester United, Iwobi told Sky Sports: ‘The resilience to return back.
‘We knew that the difference may very well be made off the bench. It is healthier to not lose, and we’re capable of get point against team.
‘We knew that we might have the ability to get behind their two midfielders and that their centre-backs would need to jump – we exploited that today.’
Reacting to Iwobi’s comment about Manchester United’s midfield, club legend Rio Ferdinand said on his YouTube channel: ‘Wow, that’s not nice is it?
‘Iwobi, that’s not nice is it! Why are you coming with that form of talk man? Why are you trying to reveal us?’
Old Trafford boss Amorim was disenchanted by his team’s response to going ahead against Fulham, claiming they ‘forgot how we play’.
Man Utd ‘forgot how we play’ – Ruben Amorim
‘I feel we scored the goal after which we forgot about how we play,’ Amorim said.
‘We would like to win so badly, and that’s feeling, that we scored a goal and everybody on the pitch was considering, “Let’s hold onto the advantage and check out to win the sport”.
‘For me that’s the moment that we’ve to enjoy more and push the opponent. We tried to press the opponent super high and left a variety of space.
‘We’ve to grow up so much as a team. For me an important thing is that through the week they were working really hard, today we worked really hard, and we’re going to improve.
‘The moment that modified the sport was our goal.’
Like Iwobi, Fulham boss Marco Silva was impressed by the hosts’ performance, especially given they fell behind to an unlucky opener.
‘The commitment with the plan, the attitude, the desire and the need in addition to the players who got here in, they made a difference too,’ Silva said.
‘In the primary quarter-hour we lost almost the entire duels. They’d excellent moments with Matheus to attain and we had a excellent probability with Josh [King].
‘They created some moments from set pieces, they scored and there was a fantastic response from the boys.
‘There was a transparent foul but great response from the boys. I’m happy with the fans and the way they were with us.
‘It was vital to start out with three points at home but we face team.’
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