'Pompey need to cut out self-inflicted wounds'

Connor Ogilvie and Paddy Lane after the 2-2 draw with Swansea

Portsmouth need to improve their ability to see out games after going ahead, according to BBC Sport reporter Andy Moon.

Pompey have given up the lead in six of their 16 Championship matches so far this season, including in the 2-2 draw at Swansea on Saturday having been 2-0 up.

It means John Mousinho's side have already lost 14 points from winning positions - only Norwich have lost more (15).

"First of all, I think the real key moment is the own goal from [Connor] Ogilvie at the end of the first half," Moon told BBC's Who Needs Mourinho? podcast.

"I think if Pompey go in at 2-0, it's a completely different feeling. Swansea may still come back.

"Swansea are a strong side and the way Pompey are playing, they are sitting deeper away from home. And when you do get that lead, there is going to be a lot of pressure.

"Ogilvie, unfortunately it's just an error at the back. The cross is a good one to the far post. Peter Harris is coming in behind him but he gets there first.

"I don't think the second half starts the way it did for Swansea if they don't get that goal."

Moon said that you can "accept" it if the opposition score from a "moment of brilliance" but believes Portsmouth need to reduce the number of mistakes leading to goals.

"You think back to Middlesbrough away, in the 2-1 lead there, and again the goal comes from a penalty because of an error from [Owen] Moxen," Moon added.

"Burnley, Matt Ritchie gives the ball away. It's the same self-inflicted wounds that Pompey have got to cut out because that again is ultimately what cost them possibly three points on Saturday."

Portsmouth are bottom of the table, four points from safety, but have two games in hand following postponements in recent weeks and host Bristol City at the weekend.

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