Premier League - Portsmouth hand Hart debut win

Eurosport - Sun, 15 Feb 10:24:00 2009

Portsmouth began life after Tony Adams with a 2-0 home victory over a poor Manchester City side at Fratton Park.

FOOTBALL Portsmouth score against Manchester City Premier League 2008/2009 - 0

David Nugent missed a hat-trick of fine chances before Glen Johnson opened the scoring in the 70th minute, with Hermann Hreidarsson thumping a fine header past Shay Given two minutes later to seal the win.

City looked completely out of sorts, as they have done on the road for much of the season, and only brought a serious save out of David James in the final ten minutes.

Mark Hughes's men have now gone 10 away games without a win and missed the chance to move into seventh; Portsmouth climb above Tottenham into 15th spot.

City started very slowly and after eight minutes Portsmouth nearly drew first blood. On-loan winger Jermaine Pennant cut in at pace from the right, leaving Wayne Bridge in his wake, before a ricochet found its way to Peter Crouch eight yards out. The England forward made firm contact with his snap-volley but Given did not have to move to take the shot.

Two minutes later there was another scare for a nervous-looking City defence that seemed to be missing Richard Dunne's leadership. Nugent breached the offside trap but ran the ball too far as Given left his line to close down the angle.

The visitors were struggling for a foothold in the game but survived again when Niko Kranjcar waited a fraction too long for the ball to drop and blazed over on the turn after 16 minutes.

City were restricted to efforts from distance, and Elano should have done better with his 20-yard shot after being picked out in plenty of space on the edge of the box only to blaze a few yards over the crossbar.

Given had already saved a low Johnson effort seven minutes into the second half before Nugent fluffed another fine chance wide of the far post when he had been set loose by Kranjcar's exquisite pass.

Then, with 20 minutes to play, Johnson finally broke the deadlock. The England full-back, watched from the stands by Fabio Capello's right-hand man, Stuart Pearce, scrapped his way down the right wing before cutting inside and drilling the ball towards Given's near post.

The brilliant Ireland keeper got down well to beat the shot away but it was Johnson, following up his initial effort, who collected the rebound and despatched it coolly into the top corner.

And five minutes later Pompey were two up. Pennant won and took a corner on the right, with Premier League debutant Shaleum Logan failing to challenge the leaping Hreidarsson, who powered his header into the top corner.

James, who broke Gary Speed's Premier League record with his 536th top-flight appearance, ensured he would mark his day with a clean sheet, superbly saving at full stretch from Ched Evans' late header.

Alex Sharratt / Eurosport

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  1. oh youu are not even in Europe. first i read capri, but­ well you areon holiday to the carribean. well, i'm­ getting old I guess

    From vukris15, on Sun 15 Feb 6:56PM

  2. Well, Rock and Roll understanding irony is clearly not­ your strength.
    Anyway, I dont think anyone would have­ pointed out a typing mistake, like the one with the­ "seriously"
    And I'm not even a Portsmouth­ fan, I just wrote because it irritated me that idiots­ like you don't get banned.
    Have a good holiday. ­ You are lucky that daddy let his cute (and retarded)­ kid to take his notebook with himself. Feel lucky that­ you can enjoy 3 weeks in one of the richest place of­ Europe, while 2 billion people are suffering from­ hunger in the world.

    From vukris15, on Sun 15 Feb 6:53PM

  3. Pity its not australia, and will take you 3 weeks to­ look through a brochure from thomas cook on the­ caribbean, mind you theres probably lots of long words­ in it hahahahahaha. THANK GOD FOR SMALL MERCIES

    From Yvonne, on Sun 15 Feb 5:50PM

  4. I'M ON HOLIDAY TO THE CARIBBEAN FOR 3­ WEEKS.............SPEAK TO YOU LOSERS SOON...........

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Sun 15 Feb 5:37PM

  5. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN AND NEVER WILL BE A PORTSC"M­ FAITHFUL, YOUR ABSENCE OF POSTS SINCE YOU HAVE NOT WON,­ SPOKE MILLIONS OF WORDS TO REAL FANS THAT SUPPORT EVEN­ THROUGH THE BAD TIMES.....ONE WIN, THEN SUDDENLY YOUR­ OUT IN FORCE..........YOU GUTLESS FILTHY FAIR WEATHER­ NON-SUPPORTERS..............

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Sun 15 Feb 5:35PM

  6. THANKS AGAIN TO THE WEIRD IN-BRED RUG MUNCHING­ APPRECIATION SOCIETY, FOR PROVING WHAT A LOWLIFE SAD­ BUNCH OF LOSERS YOU ALL ARE.....

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Sun 15 Feb 5:31PM

  7. OI, THICK PORTSC"MMER, I THINK YOU'LL FIND­ THAT'S; 90 PER CENT, OR EVEN BETTER, 90% AND NOT ­ "90 per cents"!......... YOU SHOULD HAVE USED­ THE WORD "PROPER" INSTEAD OF­ "propel".............. "The rest 10 per­ cent are idiots", WELL, EVEN A SMART SPURS FAN­ LIKE MYSELF CAN'T WORK THAT MESS OUT.....LASTLY,­ "seiously" HAS AN "R" IN­ IT.........YOU THICK IN-BRED FOOL.............SO YOUR­ ACTUAL POINT WAS WHAT?????????????????????HA HA HA HA­ HA HA HA ...............

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Sun 15 Feb 5:30PM

  8. Come on ROCK AND ROLL answer the question WHY DONT YOU­ COMMENT ON YOUR OWN PAGES, IF YOUR SUCH A BIG SPURS­ FAN. Anyway pompey had a good result yesterday, and if­ they carry on playing like that we have no probs­ staying up in the prem. im proud to support pompey, and­ the pompey faithful will live forever

    From Yvonne, on Sun 15 Feb 4:13PM

  9. 90 per cents of people who write in CAPS LOCK mode and­ use the same words (mostly bad words) without knowing­ the propel language of his own country are under the­ age of 12. The rest 10 per cent are idiots. Thats how­ seiously Rock and Roll need to be taken.

    From vukris15, on Sun 15 Feb 4:06PM

  10. beening? YOU THICK RUG MUNCHER......................THE­ THICKEST TRAMP JUNKIES IN THE­ LEAGUE..................URGHHHHHHHHHH, WHAT A WASTE OF­ COASTLINE PORTSC"M IS........................YOU­ FILTHY TRAMPS............

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Sun 15 Feb 3:38PM

  11. johnston_yvonne, I think you will find that both of­ those profiles of ROCK AND ROLL are in fact,­ correct!

    No, they are not all like that - a lot are,­ but the rest are just gutless, disloyal little @#$%,­ much like the team and manager really.

    From Peter S, on Sun 15 Feb 2:36PM

  12. ITS 2.20 ON SUNDAY. IVE JUST CHECKED THE SPURS PAGES­ AND THAT WAS HARD FOR ME BEENING ONE OF THE POMPEY­ FAITHFUL, WHY IS IT THAT YOU DONT COMMENT ON YOUR OWN­ TEAM, OR ANY OF THEIR STORIES, IS IT COS YOU KNOW­ NOTHING ABOUT YOUR TEAM OR JUST DONT CARE, OR IS IT­ THAT THE OTHER SPURS FANS KNOW THAT YOUR A T.W.A.T­ ALREADY.

    From Yvonne, on Sun 15 Feb 2:22PM

  13. "STOP ON" IS THAT PAEDO RUG MUNCHER CODE? YOU­ FILTHY TRAMPS..............LIKE I SAY, PORTSC"M­ ARE THE MOST HATED CLUBS IN THE­ PREMIERSHIP.............NOT FOR LONG THOUGH.....HA HA­ HA HA HA HA HA HA................JAMES HAS THE RIGHT­ IDEA, CAUSE A STIR, ASK HIS AGENT TO GET HIM OUTTA THAT­ P155POT CLUB, AND FINISH OFF WATCHING THE SC"M GO­ DOWN.............AH HA HA HA HA HA................

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Sun 15 Feb 2:07PM

  14. HEHEHE IM STOP ON,!!!!! YOUR SO BITTER, ONE OF THOUGHS­ TWO PROFILES MUST BE TRUE, IVE REALLY RATTLED YOUR­ CAGE, I BET TOTTENHAM FOOTBALL CLUB IS JUST SO PLEASED­ TO HAVE A SUPPORTER LIKE YOU. NOT.... SURELY ALL­ SPURS CANT BE THIS NASTY AND HATEFUL

    From Yvonne, on Sun 15 Feb 1:52PM

  15. LEZA, NICE TRY, BUT US SPURS FANS CAN'T BE­ EMBARRASSED BY SOME RUG MUNCHER LIVING OUT HER PAEDO­ FANTASIES............NICE TO SEE YOU SEWER RATS OUT IN­ FORCE, AS YOU HAVE BEEN THE TYPICAL GUTLESS HIDEAWAY­ FILTH WHICH YOU ARE KNOWN FOR, SINCE YOUR LAST­ WIN.........AS FOR THE HISTORY OF SC"M, FROM WHAT­ WE KNOW, YOU FILTH TRY AND USE AN OLD ACRONYM OF SOME­ UNION IN SOUTHAMPTON FROM YESTERYEAR AS A SLUR, BUT THE­ REALITY IS, FROM EVERY ENTRANCE TO YOUR FILTHY TOWN,­ THE SEA AND RIVER INLETS ARE CLOGGED WITH­ SC"M.........THAT'S WHAT WE KNOW OF YOUR PETTY­ LITTLE RIVALRY ON THE COAST................ DOWN YOU GO­ PORTSC"M.

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Sun 15 Feb 1:34PM

  16. AHHHH rock and roll cant leave the pompey pages alone,­ only cos the spurs pages are soooo boring. so you keep­ on and on i take it one of my two my profiles are right­ ie NO1, your in ur 50s and live in a cold,damp bedsit,­ with a couple of 1980s porn mags under you bed and a­ computer full of child porn, everytime you hear a siren­ you peep behind ur torn curtains, just in case its for­ you. or NO2 you were nonced by an uncle?? thats why­ your so bitter and nasty

    From Yvonne, on Sun 15 Feb 12:40PM

  17. R&R please, please! for the life of god, engage­ that tiny yid brain of yours before you try and make­ your point. Your not winning any friends! you feckin­ tit. we're above you and playing better than you­ again. but i want you to know that i'll still talk­ to you when you go down.

    From Bob, on Sun 15 Feb 10:40AM

  18. SACK MARK HUGHES NOW!!!
    WHAT ARE THEY WAITING­ FOR???
    THE LAST DAY OF THE SEASON BEFORE THE PENNY­ DROPS????
    90% OF PEOPLE THAT BUY FOOTBALL CLUBS DONT­ HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO THE GAME IS PLAYED OR THE FACT THAT­ YOU NEED A GOOD MANAGER TO MANAGE THE TEAM!!??!!

    From perchy, on Sun 15 Feb 10:10AM

  19. mark hughes is a foxing @#$%

    From p.topping741, on Sun 15 Feb 9:44AM

  20. Rock and roll you really are a tw*t!
    Hard earned win­ today, players really seemed up for it!
    Another fine­ loss for the sc*m down the road league one beckons Ha­ ha ha ha ha ha!

    From marlonbigtent44, on Sun 15 Feb 9:39AM
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