Fulham further built on their fine recent home form on Sunday with an emphatic four-goal victory over Tottenham in the FA Cup.
The win was Fulham’s fourth consecutive victory at the Cottage and, speaking to fulhamfc.com, defender Aaron Hughes was particularly pleased with the Whites’ form of late.
“From Christmas onwards we’ve had some really good performances and really good results,” he explained. “Even in the couple of games where we haven’t got anything – we feel as though we deserved more out of them.
“When teams come to the Cottage we want to make sure we give them a tough game, we want them to know that when they come here they’re in for a hard time.
"The Spurs game was all about getting through; you’d take a one-nil with the ball bouncing in off someone’s knee. But to come away with a four-nil win is a good result.
“It was a great win, we got off to a great start it was important after getting a couple of goals not to give anything away at the back. We saw the game out really well; we scored some good goals and passed the ball around well – which is obviously going to be a little bit easier against ten men.
“Spurs are going well at the minute, they’ve been one of the teams of the season for sure. So we know when they come here that it’s going to be a difficult game for us. They showed a lot of character against Inter Milan coming back so we wanted to make sure the same didn’t happen here.
“The one thing we wanted to make sure of was getting a clean sheet and not letting them back in the game. It was also good for Stocko [David Stockdale] to get a clean sheet because his form since he’s come in has been fantastic.”
The Whites will now face either Wigan Athletic or Bolton Wanders in the next round, and Hughes is confident that Fulham will be able to produce another sterling performance.
“In the FA Cup the most you can hope for is a home draw, you’ve just got to take the game as and when it comes. If we put on the same type of performance and show the same attitude we showed against Spurs, we’ve got as good a chance against anyone.”