POMPEY 0-3ARSENAL (Youth)

Well I had this one down for a defeat before the game and I was right about that one.

Got to the pub nice and early, got the drinks and sat outside in the sun and waited for Mum. with only two tables it got a bit busy on the street. When Mum arrived there must of been about 15 odd people standing around the other table, one of them said to me and Mum " are you with us?" I said "no we are with ourselves" He said they were with an internet fan group the Vital Pompey and they had decided to meet up for an end of season bash And take some pics of the group, if you look at the pic below you will see Pompeygary (Me) and my Mum enjoying a pint in the sun on the right of the picture. It was a lovely worm day so we headed for the ground.

The first half we played badly with one up front and went 2 down in the first half, the whole team were quite pore. The second half we were all over Arsenal but they got a third and it was all over.

Pompey goalkeeper David James gifted Arsenal the opener when he fumbled Nicklas Bendtner's header into his net.

The Dane then grabbed a second from the penalty spot after Sean Davis was ruled to have fouled captain Andrey Arshavin.

Carlos Vela lashed home a third before Noe Pamarot was sent off for bringing Arshavin down when through on goal

Portsmouth manager Paul Hart:
"The boys are adamant that it was not a penalty for their second goal and I agree with them. There was no physical contact.

"I am not here to vilify referees. We have had a few decisions go against us recently but it is a tough life for referees and it is for us.

"Everyone around us in the table has lost today, so there is no change. We just have to look after ourselves."

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger:
"I wanted to give a breather to some of the players

"I have no doubts about the younger players because I see them every day and what we work on, you could see that on the pitch today.

"We were sharp, composed and mobile with a great attitude."

---

Portsmouth: James, Pamarot, Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson (Kanu 46), Pennant (Utaka 46), Davis, Hughes, Mullins, Belhadj, Crouch.
Subs Not Used: Begovic, Primus, Nugent, Basinas, Cranie.

Sent Off: Pamarot (78).

Booked: Campbell, Kanu, Davis.

Arsenal: Fabianski, Sagna, Song Billong, Djourou, Eboue, Walcott (Bischoff 64), Denilson, Ramsey (Randall 82), Arshavin, Bendtner (Merida 77), Vela.
Subs Not Used: Mannone, Coquelin, Emmanuel-Thomas, Frimpong.

Booked: Arshavin.

Goals: Bendtner 13, 41 pen, Vela 56.

Att: 20,418

Ref: Lee Mason (Lancashire).