Championship

Portsmouth improve in second half to earn draw against Hull City

PORTSMOUTH manager John Mousinho was critical of the officials, but praised his team for their battling second-half performance in which they fought hard for a 1-1 draw.

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The LeaguePaper Team
3 November 2024

By Arindam Rej

HULL CITY 1
Pedro 11

PORTSMOUTH 1
Murphy 46

GET STUCK IN: Portsmouth’s Tom McIntyre tackles Hull’s Abdulkadir Omur
PICTURES: PSI/Ian Lyall

PORTSMOUTH manager John Mousinho was critical of the officials, but praised his team for their battling second-half performance in which they fought hard for a 1-1 draw.
Hull City were booed off by a section of their fans after bottom-placed Portsmouth’s much-improved showing after half time, including Josh Murphy’s deflected strike to equalise.
Mousinho said: “I think it was our best 45 minutes by a long way so far this season.
Mousi...

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