Three-sy does it for Cottagers

Fulham moved into ninth place in the Barclays Premier League with a 3-0 win over Burnley at Craven Cottage.

First-half goals from Danny Murphy and David Elm put the home side in control and Bobby Zamora wrapped up all three points with a second-half free-kick.

Burnley, who have yet to win away this season, remain close to the relegation zone.

Captain Murphy broke the deadlock in the 23rd minute. A cross from Nicky Shorey was headed into his path by Elm and the Fulham midfielder applied a neat finish from six yards.

Burnley almost levelled from the restart but Steven Fletcher's 20-yard angled drive flashed past Mark Schwarzer's right-hand upright.

Dickson Etuhu was denied Fulham's second goal in the 28th minute when his 20-yard shot was brilliantly pushed to safety by Brian Jensen.

But the second goal arrived in the 31st minute when Zamora got the better of Leon Cort only to see his shot parried by Jensen. However, Elm followed up to slip the loose ball beyond Jensen from six yards for his first goal for the club.

Zamora should have made it three for Fulham five minutes after the interval but his eight-yard shot was brilliantly saved by Jensen.

But Burnley paid for some woeful defending in the 54th minute when Zamora was fouled by David Edgar on the edge of the Fulham penalty area. The striker dusted himself down and curled a low free-kick into the bottom corner of the net to make it 3-0 to the home side.

Substitute Stefano Okaka should have made it 4-0 to Fulham in the 78th minute but Jensen pulled off another fine save to deny him. Okaka then saw a 90th-minute shot flash just the wrong side of the post as Fulham tried to finish with a flourish.