Mladen Petric has bemoaned Fulham's bad luck in their defeat to Sunderland
Monday 19 November 2012 18:15, UK
Image:Mladen Petric: Believes Fulham were unlucky against Sunderland
Fulham forward Mladen Petric does not believe luck was on the Cottagers' side as they suffered defeat to Sunderland at the weekend.
Injured
Petric had an incident-filled game after replacing the injured Bryan Ruiz after an hour.
The Croatia international almost equalised with his first touch before finding the back of the net two minutes later after Damien Duff beat the offside trap to provide the assist.
Petric then required treatment on a wound suffered when scoring the goal and was off the field as Sunderland regained the lead.
"I got a kick on my calf when I scored," he said.
"It made a cut so I had to come off to have stitches put in and then by the time I got back on the pitch it was 2-1. It was a bit painful but I had injections so it was okay."
Jol's side travel to Stoke next weekend with Hangeland, Kacaniklic and Ruiz all missing but it is the absence of the club's captain that worries Petric most.
"Of course it will be a difficult game when we go to Stoke at the weekend," he said.
"It will be especially difficult because Brede is suspended and it is the kind of game you need your big centre-back because he's a tall player and he's very strong with his head."
