RECAP: Portsmouth 3-0 Crystal Palace U21 -Strikes from Arsenal, Leicester and Norwich loanees gives the Blues hope in EFL Trophy
Miguel Azeez, Gassan Ahadme, and George Hirst scored much needed goals for the club and themselves on an impressive night in PO4.
And due to results elsewhere, the Blues progress into the knockout stages of the competition on goals scored.
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LIVE: Pompey 3-0 Crystal Palace U21s
Key Events
- Danny Cowley makes eight changes
- Harvey Hughes and Adam Payce handed first-team debuts
- Kieron Freeman returns to the XI
- Miguel Azeez scores his first in royal blue
- Gassan Ahadme doubles the lead
Street puts the ball in the net for the visitors but the linesman flag prevents the goal from counting as he’s ruled offside
Michael Jacobs forces Goodman into another professional save with a low strike from the edge of the box. It’s been all Pompey this half.
GOOOOOOAAAAALLLLLLLL
Miguel Azeez gets his first for the club as he curls into the top corner after a neat pass back by Ahadme!
A Blues corner finds the head of Hirst before his effort is blocked by the oncoming defender. Putting his miss to one side, he’s looking sharp this evening.
WHAT A SAVE! Hirst shows great rections to strike a low half-volley towards the goal and his effort looked cerrtain to find the net before Goodman flung himself to his right and tip the ball to safety. The Blues striker unlucky not to break his duck there
Harvey Hughes forces a good save from Goodman with a low drive. The Blues can’t make the most of the resulting corner