‘Amazing’ Ejaria on fine form

VELJKO PAUNOVIC insisted he was not surprised by the quality of Ovie Ejaria’s goals after the Reading midfielder struck twice.

The 23-year-old’s double strike were his first goals of the season and gave Paunovic’s side the cushion they needed to hold on for victory after Rodrigo Muniz replied for Fulham in the 86th minute.

Paunovic said: ‘Ovie had an amazing performance.

‘We see that in training many times and we encourage him to do that more often in games.

‘Every time we brought the ball to him there was some excitement and he was very clinical in execution. We have to get the ball to him more often.’

Fulham manager Marco Silva insisted his side were punished for their failure to make more of a number of good chances.

He said: ‘The stats are there and I think it was clear for everyone saw the game.’