Source: Eurosport
Hodgson: We were not at our best
Fulham manager Roy Hodgson claimed his side had been beaten but not "embarrassed" by Chelsea.
Erik Nevland cancelled out Nicolas Anelka's early strike at Stamford Bridge but goals from Florent Malouda and Didier Drogba gave Chelsea a 3-1 victory.
"Chelsea are a very good team, we were on level terms with them for one minute and then for another eight but after that we were trailing," said Hodgson.
"When you are playing a team as accomplished as Chelsea and you give the ball away, you know you will have problems. We were not at our best and their three goals all came from good counter-attacks. We were beaten but not embarrassed."
Fulham lost goal-scorer Nevland with a dead leg in the first half but Hodgson does not think the Norwegian striker will be missing for too long.
"Erik has a dead leg after colliding with John Terry, it was inadvertent and he had to come off. Having waited so long for his chance, it was disappointing for him but I don't think it's long term," added Hodgson.
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