Fulham manager Martin Jol believes that his side deserved to score against Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday.
The Cottagers went down 2-0 in the Premier League clash in Wales, thanks to a deflected effort from Scott Sinclair on 56 minutes and an injury-time strike from Danny Graham.
Jol's Fulham had their best spell of the game after going behind in the second half and also saw Michel Vorm deny Dempsey from the penalty spot in the 87th minute, leading the Dutchman to rue their failure to score.
"After the own goal we took things in our hand and gave ourselves a chance, and won a penalty five minutes before the end," he told Sky Sports. "We hoped to score (from the penalty but we couldn't), so it was very disappointing.
"We were comfortable for an away game and not conceding was our main aim. We would have liked to put more pressure on them than we did after conceding the first goal.
"We deserved probably a goal, but we couldn't score a goal."
Fulham were without striker Bobby Zamora, who was rested amid speculation that he had had a falling-out with manager Martin Jol.
But the Dutchman played down those rumours when asked about the England forward's absence.
He said: "I made the decision on Thursday to play Andrew Johnson because he works hard in training. The last couple of weeks we played with Mousa Dembele and Bobby up front and I thought the time was there to play Andrew Johnson again.
"I don't have any problem with any player. The only thing I want is for them to give 100 per cent to the club and then there is no problem.
"I need all my players. We have another important game (against Odense) on Wednesday and Bryan Ruiz can't play in Europe, we have a few little injuries so I need all my players.
"He (Zamora ) is probably not the player who is the best substitute so I thought it was better to wait for next week and important games coming up. He wants to play for this club."
Of Dempsey's penalty miss, he added: "After the goal we took control and created chances and to get the penalty at the end, it was awful to see Clint miss but this is football. We had it before against Chelsea, the keeper showed great reflexes."
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Fulham are back in action on Wednesday when they host Odense in the Europa League Group K and have home fixtures against Bolton Wanderers and Manchester United thereafter in the league.
Looking ahead to their schedule, Jol said: "In midweek we have to win that game and after that Bolton.
"So it will be a very important week for us."