Pompey ease past neighbours

by Admin , 15 February 2010 Portsmouth Generic

Beleaguered Portsmouth rattled off four goals in the last 25 minutes to defeat neighbours Southampton 4-1 and reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.


Beleaguered Portsmouth rattled off four goals in the last 25 minutes to defeat neighbours Southampton 4-1 and reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.

Following a goalless first half, in which Jamie O'Hara twice nearly opened the scoring for the visitors, former Arsenal starlet Quincy Owusu-Abeyie got Pompey's first - and his first for the club - in the 66th minute.

Hassan Yebda crossed the ball in from the right, reaching John Utaka who subsequently slotted in Quincy who coolly slotted home from just inside the penalty area.

Pompey were pegged back four minutes later when Rickie Lambert headed past David James, but soon retook the lead when Hayden Mullins released Quincy, who duly sent Aruna Dindane through to chip Kelvin Davis for his second goal in a week.

Saints had a Lee Barnard goal disallowed and their day went from bad to worse.

Belhadj added a third for Avram Grant's team when he raced through and sold Davis a dummy before finishing, and man of the match O'Hara volleyed home the fourth after a sweeping move.

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Team P W D L +/- PTS
1.
Man City
25
19
3
3
45
60
2.
Man Utd
25
18
4
3
36
58
3.
Tottenham
25
16
5
4
24
53
4.
Arsenal
25
13
4
8
13
43
5.
Chelsea
25
12
7
6
13
43
6.
Newcastle
25
12
6
7
0
42
7.
Liverpool
25
10
9
6
6
39
8.
Norwich
25
9
8
8
-4
35
9.
Sunderland
25
9
6
10
8
33
10.
Everton
25
9
6
10
-1
33
11.
Swansea
25
7
9
9
-4
30
12.
Fulham
25
7
9
9
-5
30
13.
Stoke
25
8
6
11
-14
30
14.
West Brom
25
8
5
12
-6
29
15.
Aston Villa
25
6
10
9
-5
28
16.
QPR
25
5
6
14
-17
21
17.
Blackburn
25
5
6
14
-19
21
18.
Wolverhampton
25
5
6
14
-21
21
19.
Bolton
25
6
2
17
-22
20
20.
Wigan
25
4
7
14
-27
19
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