John Mousinho was pleased with Portsmouth’s 1-1 draw at Bolton despite the leaders’ bid for promotion and the Sky Bet League One title put on hold.
Abu Kamara’s seventh-minute goal put the visitors in front, but Aaron Collins’ fifth goal in three games after 36 minutes ensured Pompey need a point against Barnsley at Fratton Park on Tuesday to reach the Championship.
“It keeps Bolton at arm’s length which was an important thing for us to do,” said manager Mousinho.
“We came here for the win and during the game we made substitutions to try and win it. I think though on balance, Bolton probably deserved to win it.
“I was displeased how we reacted to going a goal up. I thought we were poor.
“We made some poor decisions, slashed at a few clearances and didn’t do enough to track runners.
“It took Bolton equalising for us to click back into gear and decide we wanted to play and be more recognisable.
“We regrouped at half-time and it was a much better performance in the second half. Hopefully, now we can get the job done on Tuesday.
“There was talk in the week whether it was better to go and do it at Fratton. But we were desperate to try and get the job done here.
“Obviously we couldn’t, but going back to Fratton with the opportunity to do it in front of the long-suffering home fans and needing a point will be a fantastic occasion.”
Bolton have three games remaining, but need a slip up by Derby in order to gain automatic promotion.
Collins’ header from Nat Ogbeta’s cross after 36 minutes was his seventh since joining the club.
The Trotters could easily have become only the fifth side to beat Portsmouth this season.
Instead, Jon Dadi Bodvarsson missed an easy second-half chance, while substitute Dion Charles hit the post late on.
“It is frustrating but it hard to be too critical of the players,” said manager Ian Evatt.
“Portsmouth are top of the league for a reason and bar the first seven to 10 minutes where we conceded a poor goal in transition to their most dangerous player, I thought we dominated.
“We had opportunities to win, missed a couple of big opportunities and had 19 shots to their five.
“When you watch a game you get a feel for who is the most dominant team and then the data backs it up. That was the case.
“It was a good performance and we deserved more. Now we have to pick everyone up because we haven’t lost it.
“There can be turns left, right and centre. So, the most important for us is to win the game on Tuesday (at home to Shrewsbury) and get it back to a point (on Derby).
“But we have to pick the players up because they are disappointed. They know we should have won the game. But now is not the time to be feeling sorry for ourselves.”
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