Claudio Ranieri saw signs of progress in Fulham’s goalless draw at Newcastle.
The Whites remain bottom of the table but kept their first Premier League clean sheet of the season – at the 18th attempt.
Manager Ranieri said: “At this moment for us, it’s important to get a point, it’s important to have a clean sheet because in the last matches, we have played well and from their first chance, the opponent has scored a goal.
“They made a lot of crosses – 30 – and they shot at goal, but our keeper never had to save anything.
“We created more on the counter-attack – we had four or five chances to win the match.
“But at this moment, it’s important not to lose and for the first time, we have a clean sheet. That, for us, is very important.”