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Fulham boss Jol desperate to keep hold of Dempsey, Dembele

Fulham boss Martin Jol doesn't want to lose his goal scorers after victory over Sunderland.

The west Londoners secured their fifth win in seven games as goals from Clint Dempsey and Mousa Dembele helped the hosts to a 2-1 victory at Craven Cottage.

"If you don't mind, I don't want to think about that kind of negativity," the Dutchman said when asked if players would be leaving this summer.

"I want to enjoy today and I enjoyed it before the match, which is probably the first time this season because there was not a lot to lose.

"But, on the other hand, we thought if we would get a win under our belt, we could end up above Liverpool.

"If we had ended up with one point, we were certain of ending above Stoke, Swansea and all the other teams so it is great to have a win and we will be in top 10, which was our main target.

"I was very pleased with the way we played and the only thing is that excitement [of having to hold on] until the last second is not what you want.

"If you played the way we played, you should have scored three or four goals and put it to bed and finish it off.

"That is not what we did but we are improving, we are getting better, we try to play our football and especially in the first half you saw we were the better team because of our style.

"If all the players will be here, we will only get better."

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