Mark Clattenberg’s controversial penalty award to Fulham may have capped off a poor week for him, but it allowed Bobby Zamora the opportunity in front of his home crowd to show he’s now finally woken up from an injury nightmare that had last nearly six months.

Celebrating in front of the stand behind the goal, Zamora clearly pointed a couple of times towards his previously broken right leg, rather than the left one which he’d just used to drill the winning goal down the centre of Paul Robinson’s net, as the keeper dived to his left. Fulham would now appear to be over most of the hurdles, though they still need to sprint across the finishing line.

While Mark Hughes faced former club Blackburn, Steve Kean was also back to face at Fulham, where he was for a long time Chris Coleman‘s assistant manager.

The win continued Fulham's fantastic run of recent home form, with Hughes' team scoring 9 in their last 5 league games at Craven Cottage, which has helped to turn draws into 4 crucial victories. Even the game where they didn’t get the 3 points was a commendable result, earning a useful 0-0 draw against local rivals Chelsea, though it could have been so much better had Clint Dempsey scored his stoppage time penalty and taken his tally for league goals into double figures.

Damien Duff’s rediscovered goal scoring form, now with three in two games, has brought an extra dimension to his role down the right wing. The Irish winger able to cut inside and surprise goalkeepers and defenders alike with his alertness around the penalty box and ability to fire at goal with little back-lift before giving the goalkeepers time to settle. Twice Robinson, for many the Premier League’s stand out goalkeeper for much of the season, was beaten at his near post by finishes too low and sudden for him to push wide of the post.

With 16 points in 10 games this calendar year, that sort of form the whole season would have seen Fulham up there with Liverpool and Spurs.