Fulham boss Marco Silva has hailed striker Rodrigo Muniz after scoring another goal against Brighton and Hove Albion on Sunday.
Fulham made it two wins in a row on Saturday afternoon, beating Brighton and Hove Albion 3-0 at Craven Cottage.
Striker Muniz was the star of the show in the first half, setting up Harry Wilson to score the opener before heading home the second.
Substitute Adama Traore added the third in the second half, securing a comfortable victory.
Marco Silva on Rodrigo Muniz
There is no doubting who the talk of the town is right now.
Muniz just can’t stop scoring despite only scoring his first Premier League goal a month ago.
The Brazilian has been thrust into action of late and he is certainly taking his chance to shine.
That is now five goals in the last five games for Muniz, who is contributing assists as well as finding the net.
Boss Marco Silva absolutely loves what he is seeing from Muniz and actually had a feeling that he would thrive against Brighton.
Speaking to Sky Sports, Silva suggested that Muniz is improving constantly and is clearly getting better and better in the Premier League.
Silva added that Muniz had a great week of training and he just knew that the former Flamengo talent would have a good game against Brighton.
“100% sure he is improving and improving and improving, it is part of the development of him,” said Silva. “We are working with him on many, many things and he is getting better. He’s still a really young player, but he’s getting better. A great goal from him; we know that if you provide for him in that area, he is really strong, he is really strong there.”
“The way he helps us, the way we link our game against a side that tends to press always man-on-man, in moments we have to be a little bit more direct, play in behind their pressure and he was really important throughout the game in those moments. Another great performance for him, not a surprise for us, last week was the same. He had a very good week in terms of work and quality as well, and I expected a good game from him to be honest,” he added.
Muniz’s rise has come as a huge surprise to everybody, especially after a fairly dismal loan spell at Middlesbrough last season.
Nobody really expected Muniz to become this kind of goalscorer in the Premier League but long may it continue as he continues to find the net.