Cotterill: Last-gasp sucker-punch hard to take

Erik Huseklepp’s last-gasp own goal saw Darren Ferguson’s men seal a 3-2 success and steal the points at Fratton Park.

It was a match-winner which came on the counter-attack deep into stoppage time.

Ryan Tunnicliffe crossed from the left after carrying the ball out of his own half, and the Blues’ Norwegian international accidentally bundled the ball into his own net past Jamie Ashdown.

Up until that point, Pompey had bossed the second half, putting Posh under intense pressure for long periods.

They had already levelled through Benjani 54th-minute equaliser.

Ultimately, though, it was the visitors who collected the triumph at the death.

And Cotterill couldn’t help but feel his side had been hard done by on a cruel night on the south coast.

He said: ‘We played well enough to win that game, that’s for sure.