Fulham fans oozing over Mitrovic as ridiculous Championship record continues

Fulham fans cannot get enough of star striker Aleksandar Mitrovic.

The Serbian goal machine fired a first half hat-trick tonight to help the Cottagers on their way to a 3-1 home win over Swansea City.

Despite Jamie Paterson pulling one back for the Welsh side, Fulham held on comfortably to keep up the pressure on the top two.

Marco Silva's side are third in the Championship, on 20 points - two behind both West Brom and Bournemouth.

And key to that has been Mitrovic. His treble tonight, notched inside 33 minutes, has taken him onto ten goals for the league already, in as many outings.

Aleksandar Mitrovic toasts one of his goals against Swansea

And it continues his scintillating form in England's second tier.

He now has a superb tally of 52 goals from 92 outings ever since his first game in the competition - a 6-0 win for Newcastle against QPR in September 2016.

Fulham fans have been going crazy about the Serb on Twitter.

One wrote: "Mitrovic doing what Mitrovic does."

Another put: "Mitrovic is Mitrovic we know he'll score goals, but that's the most clinical he's been this season by a long way."

Mitrovic is already into double figures for Fulham

And another wrote: "The man bosses the Championship."

Meanwhile, a rival fan sarcastically put: "If Fulham get promoted... someone needs to buy Mitrovic back in the Championship."

Fulham chief Silva was certainly pleased with his forward.

Speaking post-match, the Portuguese said: "For Mitro to score three goals means he had a very good night, but the way we put the ball for him to score - every striker in the world cannot score goals if the team doesn't produce for him.

"We did so well for him to score.

"Sometimes strikers have three or four chances and score three goals, last game he scored once and had clear chances to score more. It's the life of strikers. It was good to see him scoring three goals tonight because it was good for him and for the team."

The Cottagers will be hoping to continue their fine form on Saturday lunchtime, when they travel to Coventry City.

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