Fulham boss Roy Hodgson has revealed Bobby Zamora wanted to be left out of the team before his scoring breakthrough against West Brom yesterday.

He said: "There's been a time when Bobby would have welcomed a break from it, he's often complained that he's quite tired because he's played so many matches and he hasn't done that in the last couple of seasons.

"But we've kept him on track and said to him 'that's what we want you to do. That's what good players do, they play every week'.

"There's no doubt there's been an element of fatigue and there must have been an element of mental pressure too because it gets on top of you. But it's great credit to his strength of character and his determination that he's been able to ride though that and today he's got his reward."