Slavisa Jokanovic praised Fulham’s turnaround after his side’s dramatic 2-1 victory over Cardiff at Craven Cottage.
The Whites fell behind early on after Lex Immers scored an unmarked header just four minutes before the break.
But Scott Parker levelled seconds after the interval before Emerson Hyndman stole the spoils late into injury time.
And the Fulham boss was proud of his side after a first-half performance which was more gritty than exciting.
He said: “We didn’t play well in the first half and this certainly could have been my mistake. We started by playing a more direct game with long passes.
“This is not what we want to do. When we started to find the balance it was a lot more positive.
“In the second half we decided to press higher up the pitch and started to play a shorter game.
“We played very well in the second 45 minutes and created many chances and Emerson scored the late goal to give us the three points.”
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The Cottagers have now won three in a row after seeing off Cardiff, Preston and MK Dons in the space of eight days.
It adds to the draw earned at Birmingham which leaves the Whites suddenly ten points clear of the relegation zone.
And Jokanovic admitted that the sudden spurt of results has left him relieved after some gritty performances, but expects the improvement to continue.
The 47-year-old added: “They worked and suffered against Preston.
“We didn’t play great football but we had character then and then again the second 45 minutes.
“We have character to find our best approach and in the final games we will do that. After a few months together we are starting to get confidence.”
