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Fulham defender
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JOHN PANTSIL says Fulham will bounce back after their defeat to Chelsea to reign in Russia on Thursday.
Roy Hodgson's side - clearly missing the injured Andrew Johnson - never troubled their west London neighbours in yesterday's derby, with Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka sealing the points for the Stamford Bridge side.
And Fulham now face a long trip to Eastern Europe to defend a 3-1 lead against Amkar Perm in the second leg of their Europa League play-off tie.
But the right-back insists the players won't dwell on yesterday's loss and will show their mettle in Europe.
"We're all professionals and we know what we want to achieve," said the Ghanaian. "In football you can win and you can lose so I don't think the defeat is going to affect us so much. We have to put it behind us.
"We've worked hard (to get into Europe), and now it's time for us to go out to Russia and deliver because Perm are a very good team.
"When they came here they played well and they got that away goal, which could make it tricky for us. They defended well and played good football but we want to get through to the group stages and that's what we're aiming for."