Lucky Fulham avoided being dumped on the Carling Cup scrapheap along with Premier League rivals Bolton, Hull and West Brom when skipper Danny Murphy’s deflected stoppage-time drive put them in the third round.

Fulham could field Andrew Johnson in tomorrow’s Carling Cup second-round clash with Leicester but the former Everton striker will not be risked unless he has fully recovered from a thigh injury.

Fulham will kick off the new season at Hull without £10.5m striker Andrew Johnson, who is still recovering from a thigh injury.

Fulham have signed Swedish defender Fredrik Stoor from Rosenborg on a four-year contract.

ANDREI ARSHAVIN returned from suspension to earn Russia a place in the quarter-finals of Euro 2008 with victory over Sweden in Innsbruck.

Russia 2 Sweden 0

Sweden 1 Spain 2