Injury to Bobby Zamora casts shadow over Fulham's fightback

Mark Hughes maintained his unbeaten start as Fulham's manager, but this first victory of the season came at some cost. The joy of seeing Moussa Dembélé score his first and second league goals for the club, with the winner in the last minute, was eradicated because of the broken fibula suffered by striker Bobby Zamora an hour earlier. After 28 minutes, and with the hosts behind to Jelle Van Damme's well taken strike, Karl Henry, an early-season villain for some of his antics in his midfield-enforcer role, executed a tackle on Zamora from behind but around the side. He got a touch on the ball but Zamora's right foot got trapped between Henry's legs and his right ankle appeared to give way. The England international was taken off on a stretcher and was being given oxygen as he was transported to hospital. Zamora, who made his England debut last month and scored 19 goals last season, signed a new four-year contract last week worth £10m, but this was no way to mark it. Hughes said: "It looks like he will be out for four months. He will be operated on tomorrow. It's a break just above his ankle, but we will know more when the doctor has had a look. It's a shame. The surgeon will have a look at the damage and if it's a break, four centimetres above the ankle, that [four months out] is a minimum. "It was one of those tackles – I don't really blame the player. It can happen, although I was a bit disappointed it wasn't given as a foul." Wolves had looked secure with their lead while Fulham were in shock, but in Dembélé they may already have Zamora's replacement. Three minutes after the interval, a cross by Stephen Kelly fell to the Belgium international and the 23-year-old, signed from AZ Alkmaar, poked his shot home from 18 yards. Hughes said: "I've been watching him for some time and he will only get better." With the momentum all the hosts' way, Fulham had a good penalty appeal turned down after a foul on Simon Davies and Wolves resorted to some darker arts to try to sneak away with a point. As the visitors reached six yellow cards, Christophe Berra received his second caution of the game – and, therefore, a red card – with a minute remaining. From the resultant free-kick, Dembélé had a shot on goal from 25 yards that took a deflection and beat Marcus Hahnemann at his near post. "We had some silly bookings and I'm mad at Christophe for getting sent off," said Mick McCarthy. "But I don't see us as some overly physical team."