Parker confident despite Fulham’s missed chances

Scott Parker lamented his side’s missed opportunities in the second half of their 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace, but insisted their point at Selhurst Park was a good one.

Josh Maja had two decent chances to score and Ademola Lookman missed the target when free in the box in the second half as Fulham drew for the 12th time this season.

The Whites, who remain three points adrift of Premier League safety, face a daunting run of fixtures against Tottenham, Liverpool and Manchester City in their next three matches, but boss Parker said he believes they are good enough to stay up.

“I think you saw a team that came here to win the game and created opportunities but we fell a bit short today,” Parker said.

“You have to jab and probe sometimes and I don’t think we did that well enough in the first half and in the second half we changed it up, created some big chances, but it wasn’t to be today.

“But I believe in this team and I am confident we can beat Tottenham on Thursday.”

Parker substituted Ola Aina for Antoinee Robinson at half-time but said the decision was purely tactical and the former Chelsea man was not carrying an injury.

“I just thought we needed a little bit more down that right side and I thought it worked,” he said.

“It was nothing to do with Ola but Antoinee just gave us that little bit more going forward.”

Parker did reveal that back-up goalkeeper Marek Rodak could be facing time out after injuring a finger in training on Saturday.

“He is struggling and it is a bit too early to know where we are, he will see a specialist on Monday and we will have a clearer picture then,” Parker said.