Jol delight as Fulham find range

Fulham boss Martin Jol has praised his side’s ruthlessness in front of goal after they swept aside Wisla Krakow 4-1 in the Europa League.

English Premier League club shot straight into the lead in Thursday’s Group K encounter after Damien Duff capped off a fine move with a classy finish within five minutes, before Andraz Firm swiftly equalised.

A spectacular Andrew Johnson volley put the hosts back ahead at half-time before the striker poked home another after a smart set-piece routine in the second half.

Steve Sidwell powered home a header in the 79th minute to ice the result against the Polish club.

The resounding win comes in stark contrast to several recent Fulham performances that have ended in stalemates.

“We played some good football,” Jol said. “We scored early so that was good. Then we lost the ball in midfield, they broke and played us on the turnover – they’re a good footballing team.”

“After losing the ball your organisation should be 100 percent and that was something that wasn’t great.”

“But after that we scored some great goals. The second goal was amazing, the third one was clever. At 3-1 up I could make some substitutions.”

“The first goal was a great move but today you can say we were very efficient. Normally we create eight or nine chances and score one goal and today was different.”

The match looked in the balance after the two sides traded early strikes, but Andrew Johnson’s second proved the game’s decisive moment.

For Jol, the contrasting nature of both strikes proved that Johnson is a man on form.

“If you can come up with those sort of ideas all the time it would be like Real Madrid of the olden days,” Jol said of the free-kick Johnson capped off for the third.

“Sometimes it’s nice to see something in training come off in games. Johnson scored a hat-trick against QPR so if he does that every game it is unbelievable, but you don’t do that every game.”

“It is nice to see him get all sorts of goals, the second was very different from the first. It’s good for a striker. It gives you a lot of confidence.”

The result puts Fulham back in a commanding position in Group K, with crucial match-ups against Odense and Twente to come.

The London club are on seven points and sit second behind Dutch club Twente, who have 10.