Silva responds to ten Hag's apology demand after Fulham mocked Bruno on TikTok

Fulham boss Marco Silva has given his reaction to the club's mocking TikTok of Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes that left Erik ten Hag demanding an apology from the London outfit.

After beating United 2-1 at Old Trafford last weekend, Fulham posted a clip on their TikTok account that saw Fernandes rolling around on the floor and asking for a free-kick on the edge of the Fulham box for several seconds before jumping back to his feet to get involved in the game again.

Clearly not impressed by Fernandes' antics, Fulham appeared to suggest that he had been feigning an injury, and posted the caption 'So glad he's ok' alongside the video.

Ten Hag was asked about the clip in his press conference on Tuesday and called for Fulham to apologise, branding their behaviour 'totally out of order and wrong'.

Silva has now given his thoughts on the situation, and although he had no issue with Ten Hag defending his player, he stopped short of offering an apology for Fulham's social media conduct.

'I am not a big fan of social media but as you would expect I am aware of this,' Silva said ahead of his side's clash with Brighton tomorrow.

'It was a reaction from Ten Hag. When a manager defends a football player I think it is a normal situation. With one of our players, I am going to defend them to the last.

'We all noticed that Ten Hag said he had not seen the post. He was speaking after a question from a journalist. I haven’t heard the question - I don’t know how the journalist put that question.

'For a manager in that moment, if you say to me that 10 minutes ago if any club said something about my player, I am going to defend my player even if I haven’t seen it. That is the situation.'

The Fernandes clip went viral, with some fans