Last season difficult with injury and miscarriage - Muniz

Fulham striker Rodrigo Muniz has spoken of the struggles he endured last season, revealing his wife suffered a miscarriage.

Muniz scored the equaliser for the Cottagers in a 1-1 draw against Newcastle United on Saturday for his first league goal since their opening top-flight match of last season.

"Last season was really difficult for me because, now I can say it, but I had the surgery," said the 25-year-old Brazilian, who had an operation on a hamstring injury, external in November and was out until early February.

"My wife was pregnant last season and, unfortunately, we lost the baby, but God is good all the time and now she's pregnant again.