To tabte points eller ét vundet?

Trods en spiller i undertal fik vi tilkæmpet os det ene point mod Oxford, der betyder at vi stadig holder The U’s bag os i tabellen, hvor vi tilmed stadig ligger på den rigtig side af stregen da en af vores konkurrenter i bunden dummede sig gevaldigt. Mere om det senere.

Der var fundet anledning til tre ændringer i dagens startellever. Andre Dozzell fik chancen fra start for første gang i to måneder, og den chance må man sige at han greb. Keshi Anderson fik sin første start i Pompey-trøjen overhovedet mens der også blev plads til Conor Shaughnessy igen.

Den officielle kamprapport

https://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/news/2026/april/06/match-report–pompey-v-oxford/

The Championship, Fratton Park, 6. april 2026

Portsmouth – Oxford United 2-2 (1-0)

09. minut: 1-0 Keshi Anderson

48. minut: 1-1 Brodie Spencer

81. minut: 1-2 Will Lankshear

88. minut: 2-2 Andre Dozzell

Opstillingen (4-2-3-1): Schmid; Devlin, Poole, Shaughnessy, Ogilvie; Pack (anfører), Dozzell; Caballero, Chaplin (Williams ’21), Anderson (Alli ’81); Bishop

På bænken: Bursik, Dia, Le Roux, Swift, Segečić, Blair, Brown, Williams og Alli

Advarsler: Dozzell og Pack

Udvisning: Connor Ogelvie

Tilskuere: 20.356, hvoraf 2.196 var medrejsende Oxford supportere

Eftertanken

To tabte points eller ét vundet? Der er mange vinkler at anskue denne kamp på, men inden første fløjt var alle enige om, at dette var en kamp der skulle vindes. Som den forløb er der til gengæld kun at være glad for at vi bjærgede det ene af slagsen med en spiller mindre på banen, og bagud 1-2 indtil to minutter før tid. Den kampgejst der var garant for at det ene point trods alt blev på sydkysten var den samme der reddede en remis i land i den forrige kamp hos Norwich, og det må alt andet lige give anledning til en smule optimisme. Der er et sammenhold i truppen og en vilje til at kæmpe for hinanden. Den kan vi i princippet nå langt med. Det får vi så også brug for, da dette var den på papiret letteste kamp vi havde tilbage, og igen gav den ikke fuld bonus.

Det havde været bedst ikke at nævne kampens dommer i denne ombæring, men det bliver indirekte alligevel tilfældet da klubben har i sinde at appellere udvisningen til Ogelvie. Jeg er ikke sikker på at vi har held med det, men forsøget skal gøres. Ikke mindst fordi at han er en spiller som vi dårligt kan undvære.

Situationen i bunden nu

De tre kampe involverende de seks bundklubber endte alle uden vindere, og med et point til hver. Dermed skete der selvsagt ingen forskydninger i tabellen, og specielt Leicester City spillerne må græmme sig over en forspildt chance da de ikke udnyttede deres Sheffield Wednesday gavebevis på tre lette points. De to tabte points kan i realiteten gå hen og blive dyrebare, og så var de endda tæt på at smide alle tre da hjemmeholdet længe forsvarede en 1-0 føring.

Kommentarer fra head coach John Mousinho

“I don’t think anyone in the stadium was expecting the referee to bring out a red card – including Oxford if you look at the reaction from their bench. They weren’t asking for it and in this situation, with the stakes so high, you would expect them to do just that. If you’re going to make a decision as monumental as that then you have to be 100 per cent sure and it certainly wasn’t clear cut. I don’t think that Connor needed to make that challenge, but if that’s a red card expect to see quite a few more dished out over the next few weeks. We’ll definitely appeal it and see what happens. My other issue is that it was clearly a second yellow for Spencer and everyone in the ground knew it – including Oxford, who took him off straight away because they’re not idiots. They were almost laughing on the bench – not in a disrespectful way, but because they couldn’t believe what had happened. It was such a strange decision.”

“It felt must win for both sides and so I don’t think the result has necessarily helped either of us too much. Before the game we’d have been disappointed with just a point and we got straight on the front, scoring the early goal. But in the circumstances – having 10 men for so long and going 2-1 down with a few minutes to go – we’ll take it, dust ourselves down and move on. I do think, though, that the goals we conceded were down to poor decisions in the moment and not as a result of us being a player light. We had to think about managing Doz because of the time he’s been out, but he looked sharp and so thankfully we kept him on. I thought Keshi was excellent and was a real threat early on – it’s a shame we were deprived of seeing more of that because of the defensive work he had to do. The character and mentality of the boys was excellent and to battle the way that we did was particularly pleasing.”

Et par ord fra Keshi Anderson

“Colby Bishop had used his body really well – which he does a lot – to allow the ball to drop nicely for me. The defender then rushed across and I was able to chop the ball onto my left foot and then shoot through a few bodies. It was a nice moment to score my first goal for the club. I’ve had a few training minutes recently, but not much time out on the pitch. They do take a bit more of a toll on the body, so now I just need to recover and get myself ready for the next game.”

Interview efter kampen med John Mousinho

Kampens Højdepunkter