Slavisa Jokanovic has got his work cut out to stop the flow of questions about Ryan Sessegnon.

After all, not only does the precious teenager show he's more than capable of matching it with the best in the Championship - he also scores last-minute point savers for Fulham like he did against Burton.

Tottenham are reportedly interested in the only player in England's second tier born in the 21st century. The head coach and club have their work cut out to thwart interest and chequebooks if Sessegnon carries on like this.

"I prefer not to speak about him," Jokanovic pleaded.

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"I try to protect him. He is only 16 and a few months. We feel he has a very happy bright future in front of him. Always when I give him a chance he performs enough to prove me right.

"Always when I give him a chance he performs enough to prove me right."

But even after the euphoria of getting something from the game, Jokanovic knows he needs to find better ways to get past teams ready to park the bus at the Cottage.

Burton's game plan appeared to be a mixture of winding up fans and dogged defence, dotted by the odd breakaway. One of them netted their goal in the 1-1 draw.

“I’m always disappointed when we don’t win the game,” he added. “We made many positive things today during the game. We had the game under control and made some chances, but we weren’t clinical.

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“Some players have been with us two months, some a few weeks. We need time. I understand perfectly that in football, time doesn’t exist, but this is our realistic situation.

“We had to attack again against the 10 players who were defending.

"In home games we have to attack and try and resolve these kinds of games where the opposition has so many players in defence.

“It’s a new team. I am proud of things that my team did today. We wanted to play, they didn’t want to so much.”

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