Fulham manager Scott Parker urged his side to try to dominate their midweek Carabao Cup third-round tie against Sheffield Wednesday.
The west London club marked their Premier League return with a 3-0 home defeat to Arsenal earlier this month, before being edged out by Leeds in a seven-goal thriller.
Notably, Holland defender Kenny Tete, who – after joining Fulham on a four-year deal on September 10 – has made two assists, both for Aleksandar Mitrovic, in his first two matches.
Speaking ahead of Wednesday night’s match, when asked whether he was relishing the opportunity of a cup run, Parker said: “Yes definitely.
“We’ve got a home tie now against Sheffield Wednesday on Wednesday and we’ll go into that game hoping to try and progress – be dominant in the competition really.”
He added: “It’s a competition that obviously, if you’re involved in, you want to try and win and that’s the way I look at it.
“If you’re involved in a competition of course you have priorities but at the same time you want to try and field the best side.
“It’s a competition that really, after two, three games, before you know it, you’re into the back end of it and we’re at the nitty gritty of it.”
In the previous round – a 1-0 victory over Ipswich at Portman Road – the former England international handed debuts to Alphonse Areola, Tete and Antonee Robinson.
