Pompey double sub: Ryley Towler and Christian Saydee replace Rob Atkinson and Andre Dozzell. 66 minutes.
Both Callum Lang and Colby Bishop fouled, as Blackburn get away with it yet again, and the referee again ignores the fouls, and waves play on. Disgusting refereeing!! 71 minutes.
2-0 now as the home team break away, after the two Pompey players were fouled, and Callum Britain scores. 71 minutes.
Final Match Stats:- Overall possession Blackburn Rovers 52.6%Portsmouth 47.4% Shots Blackburn Rovers 13Portsmouth 11 Shots on target Blackburn Rovers 6Portsmouth 2 Total touches inside the box Blackburn Rovers 32Portsmouth 21 Goalkeeper saves Blackburn Rovers 1Portsmouth 3 Fouls Blackburn Rovers 15Portsmouth 19 Corners Blackburn Rovers 5Portsmouth 6
Pretty much as expected unfortunately Hopefully our good home form will continue at the weekend as Middlesbrough visit Fortress Fratton
I watched the game on Pompey+ If the final score had been 1-0 to Blackburn I would have thought, as I did last week, that we could not complain about the result and that we had kept ourselves in a position where, with a bit of luck, we could have got something from the game. For 60 minutes with the score at 0-0 despite, Blackburn looking sharper, we were well and truely in the game and extremely unlucky not to be awarded a penalty for a blatant foul on Bishop. Shortly after that Blackburn scored their first goal. Pompey then had another penalty decision go against them the resulting 'play on' leading to Blackburn's second goal. A third Blackburn goal then followed while Pompey were chasing the game. So a one nil loss may have been a fair result if the penalty decisions are ignored but - in the light of those decisions 3-0 was a gross injustice. A positive was the defending of Atkinson. Haydon came on in the second half but it was difficult to make a judgement on his performance. He did, on that showing, appear to be a more deeper laying defencive mid fielder that either Potts or Dozzell. PUP
