Pompey recorded a first win in four League One games when coming away from Blackpool, in a game that saw four goals in the final quarter of an hour, with a thrilling 3-2 victory.
Following a goalless first half, shortly after Blackpool almost went ahead, fortune favoured Pompey when Jamal Lowe saw his deflected effort kept out by Ryan Allsop but the former Blues loanee goalkeepers efforts only saw the ball drop to Brett Pitman to score into an empty net.
Viv Solomon-Otabor drew Blackpool level but on 80 minutes Ben Close looked to have won it when he followed up another Allsop save, having kept out Pitman, to restore Pompey lead.
However, a couple of minutes later Blackpool were level again when Oli Hawkins scored his latest goal for Pompey, unfortunately this was an own goal… not to be denied the Blues scored a late winner when an unmarked Pitman scored from close range.
The attacking play pleased Kenny Jackett, who was quoted by the News post-match, with the ‘heart and character’ bringing a deserved win to end a ‘good week,’ which also saw a Checkatrade Trophy win at Charlton.
‘The game opened up in the second half and we did well going forward. I thought we showed a lot of heart and character to come back from being pegged back twice and got a deserved winner in the end,’ said Jackett.
Adding: ‘This is a difficult place to come and get a win so we can be happy with what we’ve achieved. It’s been a good week after the win at Charlton on Tuesday.’
Defensively the boss felt we could have done better but a great travelling support, as always, was rewarded with a win to delight him.
Jackett added: ‘We could have dealt with their goals better which came from two crosses into the box but we’ve been able to battle back and we are delighted to send our fans home happy. They were here in great numbers again and were fantastic.’
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2017-18 Prediction League – November
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