The defeat at Craven Cottage lifted Fulham out of the bottom three into 17th place and left Blues in 19th place - a point behind the London side going into next weeks final game of the season at home to Blackburn Rovers. "There's still an opportunity for us to stay up. It's no longer in our hands but then it probably wasn't before today. "We have to win next weekend and we're capable of doing that. "Now the players have to do everything in their power.
"It goes to the wire and we still have a lifeline," McLeish said after the game.
"We fight on for another week."