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GAFFER IS IN AWE OF TOLAJ’S STRIKE

Skubala hails top frontman
By Richard Latham

MICHAEL Skubala was lost in admiration for Lorent Tolaj’s superb first City goal, which put the skids under Pompey and set up the manager’s first win since taking charge.
The former Plymouth Argyle striker met Jed Wallace’s 31st-minute cross from the right with a first-time, right-footed finish at the near post which arrowed the ball into the roof of the net at the end of a flowing move involving Yu Hirakawa and man-of-the-match Jason Knight.
Skipper Knight doubled the advantage after 57 minutes with a powerful heade...

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