Rafa blames defeat on missed chances

Rafa feels that the defeat to Fulham was yet another case of the result not reflecting the performance:
"If you control the game as we did today, normally you don't lose. Today it is difficult to explain. I thought we deserved goals," said Benitez.
"The first half we controlled the game - think how many opportunities they had. Just two free-kicks and the goal.
"We had lot of possession and they created almost nothing - but we were losing 1-0 after the first half. We had a very good second half. We created good chances but did not score.
"I thought in the second half we played really well and we had to score but in the second half their goalkeeper (Warner) was their best player."
"We need to improve our performances to win games. And that means scoring goals. Today you can see how many chances we created but we did not score. We have to score," he said.
"But I am thinking about the Carling Cup and Crystal Palace now. We will continue working."

Our recent Premiership form is very worrying. The only victories we have managed are against a promoted team and ten man Blackburn. Hopefully Rafa will come up with a solution sooner rather than later or we will have a tough task to even qualify for the Uefa Cup.

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