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Sheffield United 2-1 Portsmouth: Jesurun Rak-Sakyi punishes wasteful Pompey

Substitute Jesurun Rak-Sakyi saved a sub-par Sheffield United performance with a match-winning goal after Gustavo Hamer’s opener was cancelled out by Connor Ogilvie.

CHAMPIONSHIP
By Nick Johnson

SHEFFIELD UTD 2
Hamer 24, Rak-Sakyi 73

PORTSMOUTH 1
Ogilvie 27

THIS WAY TO GLORY: Sheffield United’s Jesurun Rak-Sakyi celebrates scoring the winning goal
PICTURES: Alamy

Substitute Jesurun Rak-Sakyi saved a sub-par Sheffield United performance with a match-winning goal after Gustavo Hamer’s opener was cancelled out by Connor Ogilvie.
Despite his side missing a host of excellent goalscoring chances, Portsmouth manager John Mousinho believed that the result should not take away from one of his side’s “best performances of the season”.
“I was delighted with th...

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