Jackett's joy after tough Portsmouth period on the road

The Blues followed up their hard-fought midweek victory at Bristol Rovers with a goalless draw at Doncaster on Saturday.

It could easily have been a comfortable Keepmoat Stadium defeat, such was the hosts' dominance during the opening 45 minutes.

As it was, Pompey dominated a second half which saw Rovers keeper Marko Marosi sent off on 83 minutes for handling outside the area.

And Jackett was delighted at the end of a tough period for his side.

He said: '˜We lost here last year and lost at Bristol Rovers last season as well, so we've got four points out of six and have to be pleased with that.

'˜The first half was Doncaster's, we needed to improve '“ and we did improve in the second period.

'˜We created probably the best three chances of the game, two with Gareth Evans and one with Ronan Curtis and were unlucky not to score.

'˜There were two great saves by the keeper and then he sacrificed himself with a red card.

'˜We went toe-to-toe in the second half and they didn't really create any clear-cut chances in that particular period. While we are always looking to improve, we have to take a point at the end of a tough week on the road.

'˜We dug in in the first half, it's what we do, and that's a big feature of the team and an asset.

'˜We have competitors, we have team spirit and are hard to beat.

'˜But we want to be better than that, though. Wwe want to be constructive through the middle.'

Jackett, though, was disappointed the Blues didn't test stand-in goalkeeper Ben Whiteman more.

He added:  '˜It was disappointing but you have to make sure you don't open up too quickly either because I did feel we flooded forward and needed to be playing through and building up.

'˜You cannot just go route one.'