Wolves aren't a dirty side - Hughes

12 September 2010 10:02
Fulham boss Mark Hughes did not feel that opponents Wolves were overly physical in Saturday's Premier League clash at Craven Cottage.[LNB] The home side ran out 2-1 winners in an encounter which saw Fulham striker Bobby Zamora suffer a broken ankle in a challenge with Karl Henry.[LNB]Wolves were shown six yellow cards and one red - Christophe Berra was sent off in injury time for a second bookable offence - but Hughes denied they were too physical.[LNB]"Wolves were competitive as you'd expect. Mick McCarthy sets his teams up to compete for every ball," he said.[LNB]"The Premier League is competitive and I've had similar criticism in the past. Sometimes it's warranted and sometimes it isn't.[LNB]"Maybe today some of the fouls were made to break up our momentum and maybe at times were a little bit cynical. That's why the crowd was getting frustrated.[LNB]"I'd never criticise any team for trying to be competitive against us - that's part and parcel of the Premier League."[LNB]New signing Moussa Dembele hit both of Fulham's goals, the second coming from the injury-time free-kick won when Berra was sent off.[LNB]"Mousa was excellent again and is an exciting player. When he's in possession you expect something positive to happen," said Hughes.[LNB]"There aren't that many players in the Premier League who have that ability.[LNB]"At times it felt like things were going against us - losing Bobby and we had two stonewall penalties turned down.[LNB]"When those things conspire against you, you believe that you won't get what you deserve but we were rewarded in the end."[LNB]Fulham fans chanted "you're a disgrace to the Premiership" at Wolves in the second half and McCarthy insisted his side are earning a reputation they do not deserve.[LNB]"I think it's grossly unfair. I'm really sorry to hear about Bobby but Danny Murphy came to me and said he'd have a word with Bobby because it was a fair and good tackle," said McCarthy.[LNB]"We were involved in a tough game on TV a couple of weeks ago and suddenly we're the devil incarnate, but we're far from that. We compete and compete fairly.[LNB]"We had some silly bookings and I'm mad at Christophe for getting sent off.[LNB]"But I don't see us as some overly-physical team that deserves that sort of treatment."

Source: Team_Talk