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Fulham boss Jol delighted Bent off mark

Fulham boss Martin Jol is delighted to see Darren Bent off the mark.

The on-loan Aston Villa striker struck in defeat to Arsenal on Saturday.

"It would be nice to show the people again how he can score goals," Jol said.

"He's an England player. He plays off the shoulder and how many teams want players like him?

"His pace is not something we have. We lack of a bit of penetration.

"Before the game last week (at Sunderland) they said 'Darren is always scoring against his old team' and I thought that was nice to know, so maybe I'll put him on in the second half. But he was not needed.

"Before the game (on Saturday) someone said 'he always scores against Arsenal' so hopefully next week someone will tell me 'he always scores against Newcastle'.

"I think he's scored a lot of goals against every team. I'm happy he's here.

"The challenge is to get all these players together in one team."

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