Fulham boss Marco Silva was upbeat after their Carabao Cup semifinal defeat at Liverpool.

The Reds came from behind to win the first-leg 2-1 at Anfield on Wednesday night. Willian had the visitors ahead, before Curtis Jones and then Cody Gakpo struck.

Silva later said: "We knew it was going to be a tough one. You can't play for a final thinking it's not going to be really hard. Even three days ago they were able to play Arsenal away from home in the FA Cup.

"We did really well in the first half, more of a low block than we usually play but we controlled it well. They are a threat with the pace and quality of their attacking players and they can punish you at any time. We were ruthless in the first half but second half they pushed up a bit more.

"They started to create more problems, we had 10-15 minutes of good chances and De Cordova-Reid was a moment for us to score. We didn't take that moment and we lost a few challenges we shouldn't have done and the shot from the edge of the box took a deflection.

"We have to be more clever from a tactical point of view and we should defend our box better for their second goal.

"We're playing at home, we're losing 2-1 but we're going to go for it for sure. In the second half we had good moments and we should've scored another goal at least but it is what it is at the top level of football.

"At home, with our fans behind us, it's going to be a great night for Fulham Football Club."