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RECAP: Portsmouth 2-0 Morecambe - How Blues closed the gap on the top six

Pompey closed the gap to the play-off positions to a singular point with victory over Morecambe.

By Sam Cox

Published 11th Dec 2021, 13:30 BST

Updated 11th Dec 2021, 16:57 BST

The Blues secured their first win in three thanks to goals from Marcus Harness and Connor Ogilvie either side of full-time.

And by doing so also extended their unbeaten run in the league to nine matches.

Scroll through our live updates to see how events unfolded.

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The Blues are looking to extend their league unbeaten run to nine games as they welcome Morecambe to the south coast.

Danny Cowley will be buoyed by his manager of the month award and will be hoping any sign of a ‘curse’ will evade him.