Mousinho hails evergreen Ritchie

Matt Ritchie (left) celebrates a goal at Fratton Park

Portsmouth boss John Mousinho hopes Matt Ritchie has "six or seven" more seasons in him after scoring his first goals at Fratton Park, 16 years after starting out with Portsmouth as a teenager.

Ritchie's double secured victory over Middlesbrough and left his manager hoping he prolongs his career now back at the club he signed for as a trainee back in 2008.

"I think a big part of Matt Ritchie coming back here was the fact he had the roots here as an academy player and there was always a tinge of regret he didn't have a long career at Portsmouth," said Mousinho.

"I'm sure he wouldn't swap his brilliant career for anything but there was one thing that was missing, and that was coming back for some unfinished business.

"He got the goal away at Swansea but it is difficult to come here. You saw what it meant to him, he is absolutely buzzing. Since he's come back into the side he's given us a huge amount of energy and quality on the ball in the final third.

"It was a brilliant run and finish for the first goal and then more energy for the second, maybe more energy than you would expect for someone at the back-end of his career – maybe he has six or seven years left in the tank!"