When playing a team who press as insatiably as Manchester City do, you run the risk of being eaten alive if your plan of playing out from the back is too predictable.
You may as well draw your opponents a map to the ball in that case, which is practically what Brighton did two weeks ago against City. They tried to play their usual way by passing through the middle from their own box and it backfired spectacularly. They lost 4-0.
The worry for Fulham is their approach is very similar to Brighton's and if they try to pass through the middle at Craven Cottage on Saturday, they too could find themselves crushed by Pep Guardiola's side.