En kamp som vi burde have vundet.
En pointdeling ude mod Hull betyder, at vi efter tretten kampe stadig blot er noteret for en enkelt sejr, og indtager sidstepladsen i The Championship med tre points op til ligeledes kriseramte Luton Town på 21. pladsen.
Mousinho fandt anledning til tre ændringer i startelleveren denne eftermiddag. Nicholas Schmid var tilbage i målet, i front fik Kusini Yengi lov til at starte mens Matt Ritchie fik chancen lige bag ham. Alle tre gjorde en god figur.
Den officielle kamprapport
https://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/news/2024/november/02/hull-v-pompey–match-report/
The Championship, MKM Stadium, 2. november 2024
Hull City – Portsmouth 1-1 (1-0)
11. minut: 1-0 Joao Pedro
46. minut: 1-1 Josh Murphy
Opstillingen (4-4-2): Schmid; Devlin (Williams ’67), Poole (anfører), McIntyre, Ogilvie; Ritchie (Silvera ’75), Potts, Dozzell (Moxon ’82), Murphy; Yengi (O’Mahony ’67), Lang
På bænken: Archer, Towler, Pack, Kamara, Saydee, Williams, Silvera, Moxon og O’Mahony
Advarsler: Dozzell, Ritchie og Moxon
Udvisning: Ingen
Tilskuere: 21.904, heraf 2.106 medrejsende Pompey supportere
Eftertanken
I og med at vi ikke på noget tidspunkt var foran kan man vel ikke kalde det for to tabte points, men på baggrund af især anden halvleg og mega-chancen til sidst burde vi være taget fra Humberside med tre points. Nu er der ikke andet at gøre end at glæde sig over en trods alt opløftende præstation, og håbe på at spillerne kan bygge videre på den om to dage hos Plymouth. Til gengæld er det lettere bekymrende at vi igen startede en kamp dårligt og skulle jagte en udligning. Vi må ikke vente 45 minutter med at komme op i gear og ramme niveauet, for som vi så bl.a. mod Stoke og Cardiff så risikerer vi at tabe kampene allerede før pausen uden mulighed for at rette op på det.
Et hurtigt liga-overblik
Sunderland beholdt 1. pladsen i rækken trods 0-0 hos QPR. Bag dem er Leeds til gengæld rykket tættere på efter en arbejdssejr på 3-0 over Plymouth mens også Sheffield United hentede tre points mod Blackburn. Burnley smed tre af slagsen da de tabte med 0-1 hos Millwall, og Middlesbrough gik ned med hele 0-3 på egen bane mod Coventry City, som de traditionelt har problemer med. Watford rykkede op på femtepladsen da de nedsablede Sheffield Wednesday med 6-2.
I bunden var 1-1 hos Hull altså ikke nok for os til at løfte os væk fra sidstepladsen. Kriseramte QPR beholdt ligeledes deres 23. plads mens Plymouth nu er under stregen efter nederlaget på Elland Road. Dem møder vi som nævnt nu på tirsdag. Luton delte 1-1 hjemme mod WBA, hvilket var nok til at få dem ud af nedrykningszonen, men formen er alt andet end god hos PL-nedrykkerne. Oxford glider gradvist tættere på bunden efter 1-2 hjemme mod Swansea. Det var den nu ottende kamp i streg uden en sejr.
Kommentarer fra head coach John Mousinho
“We wanted to stay in the game during the first half and make life difficult for Hull – and we did for the most part. The goal we conceded was frustrating and we’ll look at that in more detail, but Nico only had to make one serious save. We just needed to be slightly more aggressive because we’d been too passive and gave the ball away cheaply. We then got a couple of bits of detail right straight from the kick-off in the second half and scored from that. From that point on it was pretty much one-way traffic and we should have won the game, but the performance level was brilliant. I thought the way we played in the second half was the best 45 minutes that I’ve seen from us this season. Now we need to react on Tuesday like we’d lost the game – and to be honest, it felt that way at the final whistle – and really get at Plymouth.”
“We needed more help from the officials and I said to the fourth that I’d get sent off if I said what I wanted to say. Callum is clipped from behind in the first half and then Kusini is pulled down in the box in the second. That’s given 100 per cent of the time if it happens outside the area – and probably 99 per cent of the time inside. We’ve then got a 3v1 when Ritchie is fouled and it’s a red card – I really can’t get my head around it to be honest.”
Et par ord fra Josh Murphy
“It’s a really good point for us, but it probably should have been all three in the end. The performances in each half were like chalk and cheese, and after the break we really came at Hull. We stopped messing around and it was a magnificent bit of play from Langy to get the ball in the box. You always have to anticipate them missing the ball and as it fell for me, I knew it was the perfect time for me to score. I obviously would have liked to get my first goal sooner, but am delighted to get off the mark for Pompey. Seeing the fans celebrating is what it’s all about and so I want to savour those moments and recreate them. hat goal really set the tone for us and we had the bit between our teeth – we were unlucky not to go on and win. The manager told us just to believe in ourselves and that second half display is what we’re all about. They couldn’t live with us. Both penalties should have been given, although at the same time, we can’t be relying on those decisions to win games.”