Mous: You could see from our subs that we wanted to win
John Mousinho admitted it was ‘one of those days’ after failing to break down 10-man Blackpool.
The Blues finished their Bloomfield Road encounter with Paddy Lane, Colby Bishop, Abu Kamara, Christian Saydee and
Kusini Yengi on the pitch as they threw on all attacking options in search of a winner.
However, the gutsy Tangerines held on for a goalless draw, having been at a numerical disadvantage for the final 47 minutes plus time added-on after Jordan Rhodes’ dismissal.
Mousinho told The News: ‘I’m definitely disappointed. You would have seen by bringing Christian and Kusini on that we wanted to win. We changed shape to be a bit more attacking, we kept all the attacking players we could on the pitch.
‘Christian did really well, he made things happen, and Abs had a couple of really good opportunities.
‘Paddy was excellent and popped into that pocket really well, causing them a lot of problems, especially in the second half, and we were very, very close to the goal we probably deserved.
‘The fact that Blackpool had 10 men means we didn’t have too much to worry about in terms of shape defensively, although we still had the attacking transition to worry about and their setpieces.
‘We created more than enough chances to win the game, things didn’t quite fall for us and their keeper has won man of the match.’
Mousinho was unhappy with aspects of Pompey’s first-half play, particularly their failure to be more progressive with the ball.
And he agreed with those among the 2,115 travelling faithful who had reacted to that disappointing spell.
He added: ‘I was actually slightly more disappointed with the first half, there were a couple of moans and groans from the Pompey fans which I agreed with.
‘My take to the bench was I actually see it, we should be going forward in those situations. It’s not all about going forward every time, we turned down a couple of crosses and turned down a couple of opportunities to really get at them.
‘After the red card we are in the ascendancy, it would have been great for us to have won the game, but we didn’t, so are disappointed.
‘Overall we dust ourselves off and go again on Tuesday against Burton.’