Fulham manager Martin Jol has called his side’s 5-0 win over Wolves a ‘perfect day’, and was full of praise for in-form new signing Pavel Pogrebnyak.

The Russian scored a hat-trick, with Clint Dempsey grabbing the other two goals in a comprehensive victory for the Craven Cottage outfit.

The win lifts Fulham into the top half of the table, and put a smile on the Dutch coach’s face.

“It was a perfect day because before the game we talked about how Wolves were fighting for their lives and to play like we did, especially in the first half, was outstanding,” he confessed to Sky Sports.

Pogrebnyak’s treble makes it five goals in three goals for the on-loan Stuttgart man, and Jol heralded the accomplished nature of the eastern European marksman’s finishing.

“I’ve got to say that of course he scored at the right moments which he didn’t do in the first part of the first half because we had so many shots on goal but we couldn’t score and luckily enough after that he scored the goal which was because that is what we needed.

“I didn’t know that he had a right foot as the goal which Andy Johnson had the assist (Fulham’s fourth goal) was a perfect goal, so yeah, he makes a name for himself.

“Even in Germany they will think, he’s probably scored more goals than in the 18 games that he played in Germany (for Stuttgart),” he concluded.

By Gareth McKnight

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