“A lot of things were said in the dressing room at half-time, by myself, by the staff, by the players, we knew we were better than what we showed" said the City boss.
“We were disappointing in the first half, a little bit passive on and off the ball. We didn't play to our capabilities but credit to everyone there was turnaround, we managed to get on the front foot. I'm pleased with the two goals.
“Credit to Fulham, they showed why they've started the season well. They pass it well, technically they're good and we knew it was going to be a tough challenge for us, but we judge ourselves on our own standards and our own play and we didn't quite get it functioning in the first half.
“So we looked a few of the processes, how we could tweak things and get on the front foot and evolve and we managed to do that. That's credit to the players because that was the third game in six days after a big effort the other night, so it was a day less recovery. Whether that was a contributing factor to the flat first half, maybe, but we showed our physical and mental strength.”
Fulham manager Slavisa Jokanovic praised 16-year-old Ryan Sessegnon after he became the youngest scorer in the history of the Championship during the 2-2 home draw with Cardiff.
England Under-17s international Sessegnon opened the scoring, three minutes after coming on as a first-half substitute, when he scrambled home from close range.
At 16 years and 94 days that not only made him the Championship's youngest scorer, but also Fulham's, and Jokanovic expects there will be plenty more to come from the highly-touted teenager.
"Ryan can be good for us. He made a great impact for us," Jokanovic said of Sessegnon, who was born on May 18, 2000.
"He is a real winner and he is just 16 years and three months. He is a real young player.
"I'm sure in the future he can be big part of my squad and help us. He can play in different positions."
Despite Sessegnon's opener Fulham needed a late equaliser from Kevin McDonald to claim a point, after two fine strikes from Joe Ralls and Anthony Pilkington turned this game on its head.
"My team showed great spirit, ambition, desire and character to come back and win a point. We know how hard the Championship is," Jokanovic said.
"I'm not disappointed that we didn't win. We started well but in the second half we were a bit confused but we still showed ambition and pushed forward. I think we deserved it. But we can't be completely satisfied as we didn't win the game.
"We wanted to kill Cardiff off in the first half. It didn't happen and they scored two fantastic goals. It's part of the game. To get a point is the least we deserved."