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Oxford United boss Gary Rowett told BBC Radio Oxford:
“My immediate thoughts are for the supporter who needed the attention. Hopefully he’s ok. As a flip side to that, when that happens and the players have to go off the pitch, it becomes a bit of a fractured first half and difficult to create any rhythm or continuity within that.
“Our performance was a little bit too rigid first half,
Scott Parker’s miserly side are now unbeaten in 17 Championship fixtures. have lost just twice in the entire campaign – conceding just nine goals in 30 games – and have gone a club-record 770 minutes without conceding a league goal.
Pompey came close to taking the goals against column into double figures in the first half, Zak Swanson shooting narrowly over and Matt Ritchie firing a shot into the side
We have seen some desperate Pompey performances on the road this season but Wednesday night was not one of them.
Head coach John Mousinho felt his side had two blatant penalties turned down in the second half and even those of a Blackburn persuasion probably would not have argued had they been awarded.
Unfortunately, on the road, Pompey aren’t good enough to overcome significant moments of officiating going against them.
It was a much better performance compared to some we have seen on the road from Portsmouth recently, but still not quite good enough to get anything from their match at Sunderland.
Pompey gave away a sloppy early goal but were more solid after that. Rob Atkinson looked good after coming off the bench for his debut.
They had their chances on the break but were not as clinical as
Portsmouth climbed out of the Championship’s bottom three thanks to a thumping victory over Swansea City.
Josh Murphy’s crisp first-time finish gave the hosts a 22th-minute lead, before Paddy Lane poked home the second seven minutes later.
Swansea briefly threatened to mount a comeback after the break, with Josh Tymon going closest when he rattled the woodwork, but Ryley Towler’s header eased any Portsmouth nerves and Cyrus Christie’s error allowed
Portsmouth continued their climb away from the Championship relegation zone with a hard-fought goalless draw against Norwich City at Fratton Park.
A game high on effort if low on clear-cut chances delivered a point apiece to continue a four-match unbeaten run for John Mousinho’s side.
It was enough to lift Pompey out of the drop zone into 21st place ahead of Cardiff City on goal difference.
Norwich can count themselves
It was suggested in the build-up that Pompey needed two wins from their next four home games and their start, despite Storm Darragh, seemed to match those ambitions.
Portsmouth’s high tempo press from the front caused problems as the visitors played out from the back, and in the 20th minute it paid off as Murphy stole the ball off Ryan Dickie and fed Bishop.
His initial shot was saved by
Portsmouth came from behind at Loftus Road to secure their first Championship win of the season and send Marti Cifuentes’ QPR side bottom of the table.
Pompey remain a place above QPR in 23rd but are now level on points with both Cardiff City and Coventry above them.
Karamoko Dembele scored his first goal for the Hoops to open the scoring in the first half before Portsmouth midfielder Freddie Potts
League One winners Portsmouth have signed teenage AFC Sudbury midfielder Reuben Swann for an undisclosed fee.
Swann, 18, has signed a two-year deal, external with the option of a third year at Fratton Park.
BBC Sport understands that Swann is expected to be loaned out this coming campaign.
“Reuben’s an exciting young prospect,” Pompey boss John Mousinho told the club website., external
“He’s an all-action central midfielder with