Portsmouth 4 Acc Stanley 0

DANNY COWLEY hailed his “heroic” Portsmouth players for overcoming Marcus Harness’ early red card to claim a thumping win.

George Hirst scored twice and Sean Raggett and Ryan Tunnicliffe were also on target, despite Harness being sent off with just 21 minutes played. “I thought the players were incredible again,” Cowley added. “We knew we would have attacking moments and we took those moments well.”

John Coleman said: “We’ve got to be better in every department.”