The struggling Cottagers kept alive their hopes of beating the Barclays Premier League drop by snatching a last-gasp 1-1 draw at Ewood Park with a Jimmy Bullard free-kick.

But Hodgson felt his side should have had more after claiming Morten Gamst Pedersen fouled Paul Stalteri immediately prior to heading Rovers in front.

Hodgson, who had been facing the club that sacked him 10 years ago, said: "When you look at the goal, we actually did win the game.

"The right-back was pulled to the ground to give the player who scored the goal a free header.

"I thought the players did extremely well because that was a savage blow. We didn't deserve to be a goal down at that time.

"When you are at the bottom and have missed a few chances, the players could be forgiven for dropping their heads and thinking this isn't our day again and once again we have been the subject of an injustice. But they didn't.

"They kept on and did well to create enough chances to get the equaliser.

"I was very satisfied with that but I would have been even more satisfied if we'd have taken some of the earlier chances and the goal had been disallowed to give us three points.

"Certainly the performance against a good Blackburn team was not unworthy of the three points today."

Hodgson's opposite number Mark Hughes saw Pedersen's goal differently and claimed Fulham could have few complaints.

He was also unhappy with the foul given against Christopher Samba for dangerous play which led to Bullard's equaliser - although he had no qualms with the strike itself.

Samba was penalised for high feet in a challenge with Eddie Johnson and Bullard stepped up to curl the ball home from the edge of the area.

Hughes said: "I don't know why they are unhappy with our goal. Pedersen was impeded initially so you could argue it was a penalty to us.

"Morten's just freed himself from the lad holding him and he gets a goal, credit to him.

"For theirs it was a great free-kick, great quality. We know he has got that ability and you do fear the worst when you see Jimmy Bullard in that position.

"But if you watch Chrissy Samba regularly, time and time again he clears balls in that fashion and it is one of his strengths.

"It goes over his shoulder and out come his long legs and he clears it away, which we felt he had done.

"But the referee made his decision and from that point on there's not a lot you can do if the technique is right."

The game only came to life when the heavy rain which greeted the kick-off finally relented in the second half.

Rovers were given fresh impetus by the introduction of Jason Roberts, who crossed for Pedersen's goal, and the striker brought a good save out of Kasey Keller when he looked set to make it 2-0.

Hughes added: "We had chances but were a little bit flat in the first half, we had no real tempo.

"I think Fulham came initially to slow the game down and get men behind the ball. They did it very well and frustrated us.

"We never really opened them up in the first half but the second half was a bit more open. We got the goal and other opportunities.

"But maybe at times we should have been more professional, we were 1-0 up with 10-15 minutes to go and we should have been able to close the game out.

"We were trying to go for a second goal when maybe we should have been nice and solid and seen the game out."