Bloody ref how on earth did he get that pen so wrong? I tell you it's not because it went against Pompey it's a bad decision all round (it could of happened to Stoke and I would be just as annoyed). This is starting to get bloody annoying the quality of the reffs is getting wors not better.
It was good to see Pompey fight back from going 2-1 down, we would of lost that one with Tony Adams I'm afraid. Listening to the radio I was overjoyed to be one up in what sounded like a poore game, but then Stoke got that pen and we just fell apart when they scored another, but we got a bit of what we deserved when it went 2 all with a Stoke own goal. In my living room I scared to cat as I shouted at our 90 minute leveller sorry Bobby.
Portsmouth earned a dramatic point against Stoke City thanks to an injury-time own goal by Ryan Shawcross.
"It was two points dropped. When you go into injury-time leading 2-1 you hope to win but we have switched off and they have caught us.
"When they went 1-0 up I thought it would be difficult for us but we came back with the two goals and we were looking to see it out."
Portsmouth caretaker boss Paul Hart:
"We were unfortunate not to win. We scored a very good goal, had weathered the storm and defended like Trojans.
"But we didn't have time to get into a defensive shape to defend before the penalty, which wasn't a penalty, simple as that.
"Johnson leant towards the ball but his hands are nowhere near it.
"When you are faced with a decision that you feel isn't right it knocks you back. We were still reeling from it when Stoke scored again."
Stoke: Sorensen, Wilkinson, Shawcross, Abdoulaye Faye, Higginbotham, Lawrence (Tonge 66), Diao, Amdy Faye, Pugh, Sidibe (Cresswell 84), Beattie.
Subs Not Used: Simonsen, Whelan, Kitson, Camara, Sonko.
Booked: Lawrence.
Goals: Beattie 78 pen, 80.
Portsmouth: James, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Pennant, Basinas (Mullins 71), Davis, Kranjcar (Kanu 89), Crouch, Nugent (Belhadj 89).
Subs Not Used: Begovic, Kaboul, Pamarot, Utaka.
Booked: Hreidarsson, Johnson, Davis.
Goals: Kranjcar 75, Shawcross 90 og.
Ref: Mike Jones (Cheshire).
A drab game came alive after 75 minutes when David Nugent set up Niko Kranjcar to slide Pompey in front.
James Beattie quickly levelled from the spot after Glen Johnson was adjudged to have handled then, seconds later, he put Stoke ahead from close range.
Pompey poured forward and got their reward when Shawcross deflected Hermann Hreidarsson's cross into his own net.
Given the lack of quality that had been on display for most of the game at the Britannia Stadium, it was an unexpectedly exciting finish.
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