Matt Clarke: Nice Portsmouth netted a last-minute winner for a change at Burton Albion

Matt Clarke felt it was about time Pompey were on the right side of a stoppage-time winner at Burton.
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The centre-back's 92nd-minute strike kept the Blues in the League One automatic promotion race.

Kenny Jacket’s side’s 2-1 triumph at the Pirelli Stadium left moved them up to third and two points off the top two with four games remaining.

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Pompey looked as though they'd have to settle for a point after Liam Boyce's second-half header cancelled out Ben Close's opener on 31 minutes.

Matt Clarke, right, celebrates his late winner with Omar Bogle. Picture: Joe PeplerMatt Clarke, right, celebrates his late winner with Omar Bogle. Picture: Joe Pepler
Matt Clarke, right, celebrates his late winner with Omar Bogle. Picture: Joe Pepler

But there was to be late drama, with Clarke firing home following a scramble to keep automatic promotion in the Blues’ hands.

The defender admitted the Blues were maybe undeserving of the victory.

But the former Ipswich man was delighted they grabbed a late winner.

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He said: 'It was a tough game. Burton are a good side, they move the ball well and they’ve got good technical players.

‘There a really tough side. We maybe didn’t even deserve the win, but it was nice that we did get it in the end.

'It was nice for us to get a last-minute winner for a change.

‘There have been plenty of times where we’ve had to dig in and protect a lead this season.

‘It was nice to have the opposite effect of getting the last-minute winner.'

Pompey will be demoted to fourth should Sunderland defeat Doncaster.

The Black Cats led 2-0 at half-time.

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