The Londoners required a win at Fratton Park to beat the drop down to the Championship and that's what they did in dramatic fashion - Danny Murphy's header on 74 minutes enough to secure their Premier League status.

Little separated the teams on a sunny afternoon on the south coast.

Ashdown had to save early in the first after to deny Simon Davies the opening goal on four minutes, but Pompey, too, could easily have broken the deaadlock in the early exchanges as Kranjcar and Kanu did their best to find the back of the net.

Utaka then tried to get in on the act as he beat Konchesky down the right wing, but he drilled his effort wide of the far post.

Before half-time,Johnson's storming run out of defence set up Defoe, but he could only find the Milton end.

In the second half, both teams tried their luck in front of goal.

Kranjcar saw his shoy immediately after the restart dealt easily by Keller, while Murphy's head on 54 munutes laacked power.

The game flowed from end to end, but it was Fulham who ended up celebrating most at the final whistle.

Bullard's in-swinging cross was met perfectly by Murphy and he headed home from close range to give the visitors the win they so desperately desired.

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