29 / Sat Mar 11, 2006 / FA Premier League (D1) / Pompey 2-1 Manchester City
Mendes' magic - They couldn't, could they?
Entity details
| Era | 1999-2017 |
|---|---|
| Season | 2005-06 |
| Date | Sat Mar 11, 2006 |
| Match Type | First Team |
| Competition Sponsor | Barclaycard (PL) |
| Competition | FA Premier League (D1) |
| Match No | 29 |
| Stage | |
| Kick Off | 3.00pm |
| Venue | Fratton Park |
| Weather | |
| Home Team | Portsmouth |
| Away Team | Manchester City |
| Attendance | 19556 |
| Receipts | |
| Referee | Mark Halsey (Lancashire) |
| Status | Completed after 90 minutes |
| Final Score | Pompey 2-1 Manchester City |
| Home Scorers | Mendes 60, 90 |
| Away Scorers | Dunne 83 |
| Home Line Up | Kiely, Priske, Primus, O'Brien, Taylor, O'Neil, Pedro Mendes, Davis (Routledge 88), D'Alessandro, LuaLua, Mwaruwari (Todorov 63) |
| Away Line Up | James, Jihai, Dunne, Richards, Jordan (Ireland 75), Sinclair (Croft 45), Reyna (Wright-Phillips 69), Barton, Musampa, Vassell, Samaras |
| Match Summary |
Pompey with no win in eight games have reached the last chance saloon, they MUST beat City to have any chance of beating the drop. With the game evenly poised Mendes smashes home from 25 yards only for Dunne to nod in a leveller in the last ten minutes. Then with the last kick of the match Mendes repeats his long range feat and Fratton goes wild- they couldn't could they? After the game Redknapp said of Mendes "He hits balls like that in training. He's been doing it all week and we said 'save one for Saturday Pedro', well he saved two!" |
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| Pompeyrama | Click me |
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