En underholdende kamp med mange mål, skud på stolpen, rødt kort og en Pompey manager der ikke var helt tilfreds.
EFL Trophy, Fratton Park, 22. august 2023
Portsmouth – Fulham U21 3-3 (2-2)
1 min 0-1 Donnell
17 min 1-1 Sean Raggett
28 min 2-1 Terry Devlin
39 min 2-2 Godo
51 min 3-2 Sean Raggett
73 min 3-3 McKoy-Splatt
Portsmouth vinder straffesparkskonkurrence om et bonuspoint
Pompey (4-2-3-1): Schofield; Swanson, Raggett (c), Towler, Sparkes; Devlin, Stevenson; Lane (Robertson 62), Kamara, Mottoh; Saydee (Scully 62)
Gule kort: Stevenson, Robertson, Raggett
Bænken: Smith, Quarm, Poole, Aston, Folarin. Robertson, Scully
Portsmouth manager John Mousinho:
“We’re pleased to come away with the bonus point, but to sum the game up, there’s a lot of disappointment.
“I thought we needed to be a lot better in the second half after being really good before the break, despite conceding a couple of poor goals.
“We created enough chances and did most things right, but then our decision making got poor and we became sloppy on the ball.
“Ultimately, we didn’t necessarily even deserve to draw the game and we have to do better because we created enough chances to win 10 matches.
“We got lazy and after outstanding pressing against 11 men, it’s difficult to see what went wrong, but we didn’t have as much energy and drive – we got punished for that.
“Our finishing wasn’t great and we’ve been dug out of the mire by our centre-half putting one in the top corner from 30 yards.
“The quality of the goal was a real positive for us, but we should really have been out of sight at that point.”
Abu Kamara scoret på ett av straffesparkene.