WE WAS MUGGED

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What are the latest updates on Portsmouth's performance?

Duncan Barkes 0:02

The latest Pompey news updates every day from the Pompey Sound News Desk.

Unknown 0:08

Andre Brooks scored a last-minute winner for Sheffield United, who denied Portsmouth a valuable point in their fight for Championship survival. Pompey created numerous chances in the game at Fratton Park, but were left with nothing to show for their performance, after Brooks' close-range finish. Both sides threatened to break the deadlock in an entertaining first half, with Gustavo Hamer hitting the woodwork for the Blades before Pompey's Colby Bishop had a goal ruled out. Numerous opportunities presented themselves at both ends after the interval, with Brooks eventually coming up with the 90th-minute winner for Chris Wilder's side. Still, it took a double save from Blades goalkeeper Michael Cooper in the sixth minute of stoppage time to deny Milenicalli a late leveller.

Unknown 0:48

The result moved Sheffield United up to 15th in the table and to within six points of the playoff places, while Portsmouth slipped to 21st, one spot from the drop zone. Defeats for both sides in their previous games prompted changes for the tie at Fratton Park, with Calvin Phillips given his first start for the Blades after his loan arrival from Manchester City.

How did Sheffield United secure their last-minute victory against Portsmouth?

Unknown 1:08

The closest his side went to breaking the deadlock in the first half was Hammer's 15th-minute shot from a tight angle that hit the foot of the post. And while Pompey's Bishop managed to find the back of the net from close range soon after, home fans were left incensed when their celebrations were cut short after the finish was ruled out because of a foul in the build-up. The decision only added to Pompey's frustrations in a first half in which Adrian Sejekic and Zach Swanson tested Blades' keeper Cooper. John Swift and Ali threatened for the hosts in the second half, while Patrick Bamford called Nicola Schmid into action and Brooks sent an effort just wide at the other end. As the game was seemingly heading towards a stalemate, Tyrese Campbell did well to squeeze across to the back post for Brooks to score his fourth goal in five games to win it for the visitors.

Unknown 1:50

This one was very simple. For the second game in a row, we was robbed.

What were the key moments in the first half of the match?

Unknown 1:54

We deserved, at the very least, a point. Actually, I think we deserved two points. I know that they don't do that, but sometimes, you know, you draw, but it's a moral victory. And we were so much the better side for the first 45 and for the second half of the second half that two points would have been justified. Three points... Yeah, I don't think they'd have had too much to argue about if we'd nicked it. But we didn't nick it. They nicked it. Let's hear what John Massino has to say.

John Massino 2:25

Yeah. I'm really disappointed with the result. I thought the performance was really good for the most part, particularly in the first half. Apart from the goal, the way we ended the game, there was probably a spell in the second half where I thought Sheffield United got on top of it and we made a couple of changes to try and counter that. Ultimately, it's a really difficult one to digest because I'm scratching my head as to how we lost the game. We should have come away with at least a point and then, to be honest, I thought we should have won it. I thought we looked organised, looked front footed, we created plenty. The big disappointment was that when we got into those goal scoring moments we slashed at the ball or maybe made the wrong decision.

How did the second half unfold for both teams?

John Massino 2:58

A couple of clearances off the line and a couple of wayward finishes so it was just about doing a bit more of that in the second half and we had plenty of opportunities. We did have chances to go and do it and we didn't manage to. Yeah, it's obviously not all about shots. It's about the quality of the shots as well. And I thought today the chances, the areas we got into were excellent. We had some good opportunities in the first half and the second half as well. There were quite a few, particularly on the left-hand side, where I think we should have done a little bit better. So, yeah, that's something that we need to improve upon very, very quickly.