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February form delights Hodgson

01 Mar 2010 - 10:51:32

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Fulham manager Roy Hodgson was pleased to take a point from Sunday's goalless draw at Sunderland considering his team's midweek Europa League exertions.

The Cottagers have been in dire form away from home so far this season and knocked holders Shakhtar Donetsk out of Europe last week.

"It's always a good point," Hodgson said after the stalemate. "I suppose the importance and the quality of the point is exaggerated not only by the exertions in midweek, but the fact it's an eighth game in a short month using basically the same players in every game.

"I did fear for this game because Sunderland are very strong at home - this is where they take their points - and because we got back so late in the early hours of Friday morning.

"I was concerned if ever a game was going to take its toll, this would be the one. But, once again, the players really surprised me. They stood up enormously well to the balls that were played forward to the two big centre-forwards and we defended well in front of them.

"The only minor criticism that I will accept of the team is we didn't do enough sometimes with the amount of possession we had because there were some nice passing movements, but we didn't find that final pass through to the centre-forwards.

"But I am delighted with the point, I am delighted with the week's work and I wish February would last forever. But sadly, it's March now."