Fulham outplayed the Black Cats in the first half, but managed to bounce back in the second half, but Booby Zamora ended up scoring the only goal of the game in hte fifth-minute.
“We were certainly better, especially second half,” Sunderland manager Steve Bruce told Sky Sports.
“Second half we have had a right good go at it. We had the best chances in the game but obviously didn’t take them. We lacked that bit of quality.
“We all know that the first goal, especially in the Premier League, is massive. It was a disappointing way to lose for me because the goal is a soft one, we haven’t done enough and we should be defending better than that.
“We were all at sea and Anton’s (Ferdinand) twisted his ankle and that hasn’t helped things. To be fair Zamora played very, very well against us and caused us a few problems in the first half so we have to take our hat off to them.
“Second half was a completely different story. We have looked for a response, got it and might have done enough to get something out of the game.
“The first half we just didn’t get started that’s obviously not good enough. It’s something we have to analyse and do something about and try and arrest this slump away from home because it’s in danger of ruining our season.”
