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POMPEY ON A ROLL THANKS TO ALEX ‘GIFTS’

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22 November 2020

By Alex Crook

CREWE manager David Artell bemoaned his young team’s defensive naivety as a series of errors presented in-form Portsmouth with an easy victory.

Two defensive errors gifted Ronan Curtis a first-half double, before second-half strikes from captain Tom Naylor and top-scorer John Marquis sealed Pompey’s win.
Artell said: “If you give any team a two-goal start as we did then it’s going to be a tough afternoon.
“I thought there wasn’t anything in the game in the first half, apart from us gifting them two goals. If anybody looked promisi...

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