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Roy Hodgson bemoans bad luck

last updated Sunday 27th December 2009, 8:03 AM
Fulham manager Roy Hodgson
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Roy Hodgson believes Fulham deserved to beat Tottenham after enjoying the better chances in the match.

"In terms of clear-cut goal chances I'd say we deserved to win that," he said. "I thought our first-half performance was really good and we were clearly better. Maybe with any luck we would have entered half-time in front.

"It's nice to know we can match our more famous and expensive opponents. I was lying in bed this morning going through our financial situations.

"I did a calculation in my head of how much this Spurs team cost to assemble, not lamenting but certainly comparing it to what it cost to put our side together. It's a great credit to our club."

Defender Brede Hangeland injured his knee during the warm-up but played the entire match, though he is now a doubt for Monday's derby against Chelsea.

"Hangeland did very well to play because he injured his knee when he slipped in the warm up," Hodgson said. "We decided to give it a go and he showed a lot of courage to get through it because he wasn't himself."

Spurs manager Harry Redknapp was delighted with Heurelho Gomes and claimed the Brazilian is living up to the reputation he had established before making a poor start to life at White Hart Lane.

"Gomes did well. Fulham were dangerous when they got it forward to Zamora early and Gomes made a couple of good saves," he said. "But so did Schwarzer - Crouch's shot in the second half was in all the way. I thought it was a fair point.

"Gomes has improved. He was short of confidence when I first came here last year but he's back to what everyone said he was before I came to the club. People told me in Holland what a great keeper he was and he's showing it. That's three clean sheets on the spin and that's important."

Redknapp insisted there was no shame in drawing with Fulham.

"Fulham beat Manchester United 3-0 last weekend so it's a tough place to come. I've got no problems leaving here with a point."







































































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