Fulham boss Lawrie Sanchez refused to admit a relegation battle is looming after his side's winless run was extended to nine games on Saturday.
Fulham have not won in the Premier League since their opening home game in August but Sanchez believes his side are capable of competing.
"We had one bad half against Portsmouth and were beaten 2-0, and that's our worst game of the season.
"We have been in every other game against top teams from Arsenal all the way down to the Derbys of this world when we played with 10 men.
"We can compete, but what we cannot seem to do at this moment in time is gather three points from one game.
"We have to gather them from three games, which does make it rather difficult.
"But if we play like that in 90 per cent of our games, barring the last five minutes, we will be okay."
