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Pompey 2-2 Derby: John Mousinho's post-match reaction
The News, Portsmouth
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02/04/2024
Pompey boss John Mousinho chats to The News after the Blues' 2-2 draw with Derby at Fratton Park
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John, a draw against Derby and a pulsating and thralling game that was as well.
00:05
Yeah, I mean, obviously a game against the first and second in the league and a lot of
00:10
ebbs and flows in the game, going two goals behind obviously made it difficult for us
00:13
but we managed to get back in the game and that was really pleasing.
00:16
Probably definitely the most threatening side of it to all and in the second half I think
00:19
we completely controlled the game and dominated but we didn't create quite enough chances
00:23
to win the game.
00:24
That was the only disappointment I think.
00:25
You said in the build up that it wasn't a must win game for Pombier and it really wasn't.
00:29
Derby needed to win that more, surely?
00:31
I think Derby are pretty happy with the point.
00:32
You can probably tell by the way they set up Derby were probably delighted with the
00:35
point I spoke to Paul after.
00:36
There's nothing wrong with that.
00:37
It's absolutely fair coming to Fratton Park but we wanted to win the game.
00:43
You can see with the substitutions that we made and the way that we still attacked the
00:47
game.
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There were a couple of options we had at 2-2 when we still had that front line on the pitch
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and we were slightly wary of it being slightly too open but we thought now we're going to
00:56
go for it and keep the strikers on the pitch and win the game.
00:59
Are you satisfied with the point?
01:01
I am in the circumstances of the game but I wanted to win the game, we wanted to win
01:05
the game.
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You can tell by the way we set up that we did want to win the game so we have to be
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satisfied with the point.
01:10
We have to get on with it.
01:11
I'll be very satisfied with the point if it turns out to be a crucial point at the back
01:14
end of the season.
01:15
You mentioned the circumstances, coming back from behind twice against a very good side.
01:19
Coming back from behind twice and also the conditions.
01:23
The conditions were really tough even as we stand here now.
01:25
Very windy, pretty cold, the rain and wind didn't make it easy and Derby didn't make
01:30
it easy either.
01:31
They were very well set up.
01:32
It was difficult to break down and to manage to do it twice we were quite pleased.
01:36
How did the conditions impact the way you play football?
01:38
I think it was just that we had to probably take away some of the risk that we maybe usually
01:43
take getting the ball into our two sixes.
01:47
As the play developed in the first half I thought the ball slowing down on the first
01:51
half and there were a couple of real puddles in the middle of the park and I was actually
01:54
worried at one point the game might be called off because the ball wasn't rolling particularly
01:57
well and when it does that it can be difficult to sort your touch out in the middle of the
02:01
park.
02:02
When you equalised you guys were still pushing for that winning as well?
02:04
Yeah that was the intention.
02:05
We wanted to win the game, we wanted to try and win the game.
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Kip Colby kept Colby on obviously, Cass Tino, Abbey on the pitch.
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I thought we were pretty attacking towards the end and unfortunately we couldn't do
02:17
the business.
02:18
Where does it leave you now do you feel?
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We're in a really strong position.
02:21
I think if he'd have offered us this at the start of the year we obviously would have
02:25
taken it.
02:26
We wanted to win the game tonight but we've kept Derby five points away from us, we've
02:30
still got a game in hand which we will play before Derby are in action again.
02:35
So I think we're still in a fantastic position.
02:37
You picked Lee Evans tonight for his debut, what did you make of that?
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Well I thought he really deserved a start after his performance on Friday.
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I thought he moved the ball really well and 55-60 minutes was all we had planned for Lee
02:49
considering he hadn't started in six months.
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So really happy with Lee's progress tonight, it's another massive step in the right direction
02:54
for us.
02:55
What did you make of his performance?
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I thought he did really well.
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I think you've got to take into consideration that he's been out for so long, he gave us
03:01
a lot of experience in the middle there and you probably don't see a lot of it in terms
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of being available to look at on the eye because he gave us just a lot of control, kept his
03:12
position really well and yeah, very, very happy for him.
03:15
And the play at the May Wave scored the equaliser?
03:17
Yeah, we always had that sort of plan, not necessarily mocks but we thought this was
03:20
a game for him.
03:21
Sometimes when the team's sitting deep you need those players to come and score.
03:24
Owen, last year we watched him consistently score goals for Carlisle from the edge of
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the box, really good striker, really good set-piece taker.
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We saw it quite a bit in the first six months of the season and we just haven't quite seen
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it yet as Portsmouth fans so we're very happy it happened today.
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His moments though, there was that wonderful strike at Charlton as well, it's there isn't
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it?
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It's there, he's got brilliant technique on his strike and he will keep scoring goals.
03:46
Does he get them in training as well?
03:47
He gets them in training, so the only frustration is that we have two more of him on the bench.
03:52
And how did he take being dropped to the bench today?
03:54
It was fine, it wasn't dropped.
03:56
I mean I'm not one for using these sort of strange phrases that some modern head coaches
04:02
use so I suppose you could say he was dropped or whatever but we just thought it was a good
04:06
game for Lee to come into and losing his place in the side, he took absolutely fine because
04:11
we want players to be hungry and ready to go.
04:14
I said you need to be ready to go for Tuesday night, that's the most important thing and
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he got his head down, trained well yesterday, came on and we saw the rewards.
04:21
What did you really like about Lee Evans' performance there?
04:23
I just thought he controlled the game really well as I said there and a lot of stuff out
04:28
of possession that you probably can't see but he did really well.
04:31
He looked a class act at times didn't he tonight?
04:33
Yeah he is, he is.
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He keeps the ball really well, moves it nicely, always in the right position and that is the
04:39
most important thing for us sixers a lot of the time.
04:41
Owens a very different player, probably brings a bit more at the top end of the pitch and
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it's great to have that contrast.
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Thank you very much.
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