It was not a good weekend at all for Fulham as they took a hefty blow in their race to win promotion back to the Premier League.

Heading into their clash with Barnsley, they had won three and drawn two of their previous five as they continued to gradually narrow the gap on the automatic promotion places.

That came undone dramatically on Saturday, however, when Gerhard Struber's men bullied them into submission, taking all three points from Craven Cottage in a 3-0 rout.

Former Whites' forward Cauley Woodrow netted two either side of Jacob Brown's clever finish and the hosts left their fans frustrated for the remainder of the weekend.

Here, we take a look at one Fulham man in particular, Anthony Knockaert, as the Frenchman returned to the starting XI for the first time in five games...

Prior to the Tykes' clash, Knockaert had been laid up with a hamstring injury, causing him to miss match-ups with Charlton and Huddersfield before Illness kept him from playing a part against Blackburn or Millwall, despite being on the bench for the former.

After the full-time whistle on Saturday, however, he and many Fulham fans may have wished he was given a bit longer on the sidelines to recover.

It was possibly the 28 year-old's most underwhelming performance in a White shirt to date. In his 95 minutes on the pitch he mustered just two shots, neither of which found the target, whilst only one of his four attempted crosses found a teammate.

He scored the winner in his last outing against Middlesbrough, but in this one he seemed to be completely devoid of confidence, not trusting himself amid the, at times, intense Barnsley press.

Unsurprisingly then, it was a match which brought about his lowest expected goals rating of the season, just 0.01, which, considering Barnsley's position heading into this, is really poor.

However, perhaps the most worrying stat of all from a Fulham perspective was his progressive runs.

Clever, surging runs, covering plenty of ground going forward, are usually one thing you can guarantee from Knockaert so to muster a grand total of zero in this one should be a real worry for Parker and the fans.

It is worth noting that the winger was not alone in these respects on Saturday. Ivan Cavaleiro, Tom Cairney and even Aleksandar Mitrovic all had underwhelming displays in attack and the coaching staff now have a serious job on their hands to rebuild confidence ahead of this weekend.