Fulham boss Martin Jol admitted gambling on his team selection after strikers Bobby Zamora (Achilles) and Andy Johnson (groin) both pulled out injured.
"Sometimes you have to take a gamble, and that is what we did today," he said.
"Our two main strikers dropped out so we had to come up with something else. I think it paid off."
Indeed, Fulham were unrecognisable from Wednesday night's 5-0 home thrashing by Manchester United.
Jol added: "We had a good result against Liverpool, a good result at the Emirates.
"You can't say we are inconsistent - it was just against United that we didn't have a good result.
"We've shown we can give all these teams a good game."
Jol was particularly delighted for Stockdale after the young goalkeeper was forced to pick the ball out of his own net five times against United.
Jol, who was uncertain whether Zamora or Johnson would be fit for Saturday's trip to Norwich, added: "They had one chance in the first half and I thought we were the better team in the first half."