Fulham manager Marco Silva claims it should have been "impossible" to allow Manchester City's controversial second goal to stand in his side's 5-1 loss to the Premier League champions.The Cottagers had been holding their own against the treble winners at the Etihad Stadium when City went 2-1 ahead on the stroke of half-time with a Nathan Ake header.Fulham argued long and hard that City defender Manuel Akanji, stood in an offside position, had played at the ball and impacted goalkeeper Bernd Leno

Fulham manager Marco Silva claims it should have been "impossible" to allow Manchester City's controversial second goal to stand in his side's 5-1 loss to the Premier League champions.The Cottagers had been holding their own against the treble winners at the Etihad Stadium when City went 2-1 ahead on the stroke of half-time with a Nathan Ake header.Fulham argued long and hard that City defender Manuel Akanji, stood in an offside position, had played at the ball and impacted goalkeeper Bernd Leno.Despite a VAR review and further lengthy protests, the goal was given and City went on to win comfortably with a second-half hat-trick from the prolific Erling Haaland.Silva said: "The second half was not at the level that it should be. I tried to tell the players not to lose focus from things that we cannot control but, of course, that moment made a huge impact on them."Even all the explanations that we listened to during that period didn't make sense at all."What I can say? Everyone that play