"Relying on penalties to see off lowly opposition from League One will do little for Fulham's morale. Marco Silva's team are in a sticky spot, four consecutive defeats dragging them towards the Premier League's bottom three, and making a meal out of reaching the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup at Wycombe Wanderers' expense was not exactly the required tonic before a vital home game against Wolves on Saturday."
"We aim really high in this competition, Silva said. It was an obligation to be in the next round. We have to keep working. The players have to be positive in this moment. Confidence is not something that we can buy. We need the fans with the team as well. They need to make the Cottage next Saturday a fortress. We need them to push us."
Fulham progressed to the Carabao Cup quarter-finals by beating Wycombe on penalties after a 1-1 draw, winning 5-4 in sudden death. Josh King, an 18-year-old midfielder, scored his first senior goal to cancel out Cauley Woodrow's early opener. Benjamin Lecomte saved several spot-kicks before Issa Diop converted the decisive penalty. Fulham enter the cup win amid four successive Premier League defeats, growing concerns about a thin squad and Raul Jimenez leaving with a muscle problem. Wycombe are working to identify a spectator who threw a bottle that struck an assistant referee.
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