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Fulham striker Johnson delighted with hat trick

last updated Monday 03rd October 2011, 2:05 PM


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Fulham striker Andrew Johnson was delighted after becoming the first Fulham player to score a Premier League hat-trick in a 6-0 romp against West London rivals QPR.

The 30-year-old broke the deadlock after just 79 seconds, before adding a further two goals either side of the break.

Danny Murphy's penalty along with efforts from Clint Dempsey and Bobby Zamora complemented Johnson's treble as the Cottagers secured their first league win of the season.

But the striker was pleased with his achievement and is now focused on scoring more goals for the Cottagers.

He told Sky Sports: "It's a great achievement for myself and the club and I'm just delighted we got three points today. We hadn't had a win and we were going into a two-week break in the bottom three so it's given us a bit of breathing space.

"I think we've jumped up to twelfth now, so we can enjoy the next two weeks and focus on the next game coming."

Asked what made Fulham tick against their neighbours, he said: "I think it was just one of those days. We played well the last five or six games but things haven't been dropping for us and things haven't been going our way in front of goal, but today everything flew in. It's a shame for QPR but we're delighted. We hit some good form in front of goal and long may it continue."

Johnson's personal form has been superb hitting two goals in the Europa League at Odense and five in two games as well as nine in total this season.

And he added: "Yeah, it has been a good start to the season. I've had a rough time with injuries the last couple of seasons, so I'm pleased to be injury free and pleased to be playing week in and week out and I'm training hard and working hard. All I can keep doing is keep scoring.

"There is great competition on the bench. What you want as a player is to work hard in training because it keeps you on your toes and we've got healthy competition."



















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