Baggies beaten in the air - Di Matteo

05 January 2011 10:30
West Brom manager Roberto Di Matteo admitted his injury-depleted defence could not cope with Fulham's aerial power at Craven Cottage. After Scott Carson had failed to deal with Simon Davies' 30-yard strike just before the interval, Clint Dempsey and Brede Hangeland both scored with headers as Fulham sealed a 3-0 win. Fulham's victory lifted them six places out of the relegation zone - but the Baggies' slump continued. A fifth straight defeat is their worst run of results in six years. Di Matteo said: "We knew we were up against a big side and we are missing five centre-halves and we don't quite have the resources to put an 11 out that could handle Fulham. "They were bigger than us and they took advantage of it. "We have been okay on corners and set-pieces but in the last three games we have conceded and that is creeping in a bit."

Source: PA