Pompey got 'basics' wrong - Mousinho
Mousinho: 'They're falling way, way short of the standards'
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Portsmouth head coach John Mousinho admitted his side "got the basics wrong" after their 4-0 drubbing at Birmingham.
Seung-ho Paik, Tomoki Iwata, Christoph Klarer and Keshi Anderson's efforts extended Pompey's winless run to four matches as they languish just four points above the relegation zone in 20th.
"The scoreline tells you everything you need to know — a really poor day. I think that's the only way to sum it up now," Mousinho told BBC Radio Solent.
"Pretty much everything from the start. We started poorly, made some really poor decisions.
"Birmingham were bright in terms of how they started and we just put ourselves completely on the back foot, very basic things we got wrong.
"As soon as we gave Birmingham a foothold in the game and that lift, it was very difficult after 10 or 15 minutes. It could have been two or three nil [in the first half]."
"Ultimately, when you lose as heavily as we did today, and it could have been more, pretty much everything we tried to do has gone wrong."
