Fulham manager Martin Jol happy with Europa League win as tough away leg awaits in Dnipro

By Telegraph staff9:11AM BST 19 Aug 2011Comments Clint Dempsey's brace helped the west Londoners secure a comfortable 3-0 first-leg victory after Aaron Hughes broke the deadlock at Craven Cottage. Despite the scoreline, Dnipro proved stern opposition and were somewhat unfortunate not to grab a potentially all-important away goal. Jol admitted he was relieved that Fulham withstood the barrage of attacks from the Ukrainian side and professed himself happy ahead of next week's Europa League second leg. "I felt if they would have scored and made it 3-1 it would have still been a difficult scoreline," he said. "Even at 2-0 at half-time we said don't let them score because if they score it is probably a bad result at 2-1. Related Articles

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