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'We changed completely' Fulham's 'ambition' for cup competitions - Silva

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Fulham boss Marco Silva says his team need to "have the ambition" to go all the way in the FA Cup as he eyes silverware at the end of the season.

Goals from Kevin and Harrison Reed helped the Cottagers come from behind against Stoke on Sunday to progress to the fifth round, despite a much-changed starting XI.

The win kept up Silva's impressive record in cup competitions with the west London side.

Since arriving in 2021, he has led the team to the last eight of the FA Cup or League Cup three times, as well as one semi-final against Liverpool in 2023-24 - and Silva is looking for more.

"[This is our] fourth season, the last three in one cup competition or another we have been reaching quarter-finals," he said.

"We changed completely [after] the past 15 to 20 years of the football club in terms of the ambition for these competitions.

"If you want more you are going to fight for more. We are not going to hide ourselves - it is the goal, it is what we want to achieve.

"We have to be grounded but at the same time to have the ambition."

Victory at Stoke ended a three-match losing run for Fulham, who next head to Sunderland in the Premier League on Sunday.

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