Fulham boss Roy Hodgson believes there has been a huge weight lifted off striker Bobby Zamora after he scored his first Premier League goal since September.

Zamora netted in the 61st minute of the Cottagers 2-0 victory over the lowly West Brom which Hodgson was delighted with.

"Bobby's bound to be relieved," he said.

"I would prefer to judge front players on what they do for the team and not make it as simple as 'if you score eight goals you're a good one and if you score two you're a bad one'.

"If Zamora scored eight or nine this season and we were lying in the bottom three I would get no satisfaction at all.

"I'd much rather be looking at the table and having us in eighth place with him scoring two goals.

"He's kept at things well, formed a partnership with Johnson and that's been very important for us. But I take the point that as a front player you want to score goals and you'll always have it thrown at you if that's not happening.

"It was quite interesting that after he scored he had two more great strikes, one of which led to the second goal. It's pretty obvious a weight has been lifted from his mind," he added.

"As for me, I suppose I enjoy a sense of relief too because I always believed in Zamora and Johnson and I brought them both to the club."