Fulham coach Roy Hodgson said he can never recall a recovery that his team made on their  4-1 victory over Juventus in Europa League’s second leg tie on Thursday night.

Fulham went into the pitch with a 3-0 loss to Manchester United in English Premier League but they tried to forget and produced another outstanding football which sent them through into quarterfinals.

On speaking to Fulham’s official site after the game, the mentor said: "The atmosphere was electric," said Hodgson. "We could not have had a worse start and an uphill task became even more uphill. But I was fully aware that there were 89 minutes to go. By half-time, I thought we were looking good to win.

"We went behind to a simple goal which made an uphill task even steeper but even from that point the team started to play well and the crowd got behind us and even at half time I thought we were looking good to win the game.

"It was never going to be impossible to turn it around and luckily that has happened. It is a great win for the club - it must come close to the greatest night in its history.

“But this team constantly surprises me. I can never recall a recovery like that.

“People say they had players missing but you look on the bench and they had Del Piero, Iaquinta and Poulsen so we were still playing a very strong Juventus team.

"To get to the quarter-final of this competition is extremely good because we played our first match at the end of July and we will still be playing in this competition next month.

"When I reached the final (as manager of Inter Milan) our European campaign was nowhere near as long as this one has been, I think it encompassed 12 games including a two-legged final.

"By the end of the next match we'll have played 16 games now and I think it is a remarkable achievement that the boys have done so well.

The manger further congratulated fans saying: “It was a great night of football, the crowd was fantastic and many of them will remember this night for a long time to come. I know we will.”

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