What a game!

Going into the game with AC Milan, I am sure most of us would have taken a 2-2 draw, but following our performance and circumstances, it was a bit disappointing.

I am sure there were many people attending last night's match that were looking forward to seeing some of AC Milan's million pound superstars in action, but it was Pompey's players who were showing to be far more attractive in play.

Nadir Belhadj for one, had the best performance I have seen from a Pompey player in ages, that kind of performance was world class, and was far better than any performance I have ever seen from the money-grabbing Ashley Cole.

Credit to the Pompey fans attending the match, including myself, we were thunderous and definitely made ourselves heard, and I think it's about time we turned Fratton Park back into a fortress. Hopefully we can keep up the support every week in the Premiership, and not just when Ronaldinho and Kaka stroll along.

The performance from both wing-backs was tremendous, I have already spoke of my praise for Belhadj, and Johnson's input to both goals was superb.

Peter Crouch was unlucky not to score with a few efforts, and the partnership with Kanu seemed to work, although I was dreading the thought of the two long-legged lads up front, but it did cause problems for Senderos and Favalli in AC's defence.

Our midfield played well also, with Glen Little throwing his weight around, Bouba Diop's quality passing (well something had to make up for his shooting) and Hughes doing what he does best, destroying the legs of big names, we don't have to worry so much about Diarra, Kranjcar, Defoe or Campbell leaving in the January transfer window - although it would be a big loss.

I also believe we have found our replacement for Sol Campbell in Younes Kaboul, as well as a great header from the centre-back he had a solid performance in defence. Slyvain Distin's captain-like qualities also shined through with 'Big Sol' missing.

Although we seem to have problems with finishing off teams, notably Hull, Wigan, Fulham and now AC Milan, but we are in a situation where if we win both of our last two group games in the UEFA cup then we will definitely qualify.

The performance that we showed last night also proved that we can at least go on and reach the next round, and then we'll see where it goes from there, but our performance was a great credit to Pompey, and to English football.

And to think that only six and a half years ago we were struggling at the bottom of the old Division One.

Well done Pompey, lets push for more success!