Martin Jol pins hopes for Fulham revival on strikers Darren Bent and Dimitar Berbatov "He was happy because in recent games we have played well but not got the result," Bent said. But today the team played well, we defended well and got the goal. We are all delighted. Bent is finding his way back to form after a difficult year at Villa, where Lambert preferred Christian Benteke. He has also been in and out of the Fulham side but he said: "It is difficult to play when you have a world-class player like Berba in the side, but whenever I am called upon I always try my hardest to get a goal and today I managed to put it away. It's a question of getting my sharpness back, getting match fit again, and that's coming. But the main thing is as a club to get some consistency and rhythm because it would be hard to get a result here and lose there - you want to keep winning. You are always under pressure as soon as a couple of results go against you. So for us to get three points in the situation we are in is massive. Stoke could and perhaps should have won, but Sascha Riether cleared two Robert Huth headers off the line and the German put another over the bar. Mark Hughes, returning for the first time since resigning as Fulham manager two years ago, was upset that his side did not get at least one penalty, but referee Roger East also turned down a strong claim from Fulham. Peter Crouch expressed Stoke's feelings as "bitter disappointment because we looked as though we were going to go on and win the game." He praised his former team-mate Bent, though. I'm pleased for Darren. It's been a difficult time for him at Villa, out of the picture. It was a great finish. He's proved again what he's done throughout the years whenever he's played in the Premier League. He's always scored goals. He's had to keep his head down and get on with it. I admire him in many ways because he hasn't said too much. He's just kept his head down, carried on working hard and he's got his rewards with his goal today.