Source: SKY_Sports
Hodgson hopes to learn lessons
Roy Hodgson hopes Fulham's 3-0 defeat at Manchester United will not do any lasting damage to his team's season.[LNB] Fulham were comprehensively beaten at Old Trafford and have yet to win away from home this term, scoring just three goals in 13 matches on the road.[LNB]Hodgson had no complaints with the final result and acknowledged the Cottagers faced an uphill task from the moment Paul Scholes volleyed the Premier League leaders ahead after 12 minutes.[LNB]"I think we were a bit unlucky in the sense that the early goal from Scholes was a wonder volley from a corner kick and it's hard to come back from a blow like that," Hodgson told Sky Sports.[LNB]"I've got to say throughout the game that United played superbly and their passing and movement was very good.[LNB]"I wasn't that happy with our first-half performance, we maybe sat off too much, but we did better in the second half, much better.[LNB]"But, basically, when you come in two goals down against a team of this quality you know your chances of getting back into it are very, very minimal, so in the end I think this is one where we just have to accept defeat graciously, congratulate the better team on three points and make certain it doesn't do any lasting damage."[LNB]Writing on the wallUnited have now gone 14 Premier League games without conceding a goal, but Hodgson was not concerned about the prospects of his team ending that sequence.[LNB]The Fulham boss added: "To be honest, I've no particular interest in being a record breaker, but I'd have liked us to get a goal in the game to improve our goal difference.[LNB]"Having said that this was a game where the writing was on the wall from Scholes' excellent volley and then a somewhat unfortunate second goal that we conceded. I'd have preferred it if the goals had come from their flowing movement and not in the way they came.[LNB]"We lost to a better team, but we stuck at it.[LNB]"We have to accept we've got some big games ahead of us and hope we'll be able to learn lessons from today and play better in the games ahead."[LNB]
