We didn't cause enough 'danger' for Wigan Athletic - Pompey boss

Goals from Lee Evans and Tom James paved the way for Wigan's first league win of the season - inflicting Pompey's first defeat at home in 17 months.

And having only seen his side pull one back with seconds remaining through substitute Ellis Harrison, Jackett knows his toothless team didn't deserve anything out of the game.

“It’s a concern," he admitted. "We started the game well enough, were on top and played some good football.

“The first goal was a disappointing one because it did seem that Evans was in a lot of space and it bounced over my goalkeeper.

“It knocked us out of our stride more than it should have done and there was plenty of time for us to get back into it.

“I felt that was really the turning point of the game and it did just seem to drain the confidence from our side.

“Throughout the game, we put a lot of balls into their box and applied plenty of pressure, but unfortunately we couldn’t make it pay.

“Ellis came on and scored a very good goal for us, while Sean Raggett had a header that came off the post.

“But generally we weren’t able to find that cutting edge in the final third of the pitch to really make a difference."

The result leaves Pompey in the relegation zone, after three games which have produced only two points and the one goal.

“We’re obviously very disappointed with our start in the league and it’s the first time we’ve lost at home for a long while – we’re used to getting results here," Jackett added.

“We want to be winning every week – no matter the opposition – and we had enough of the game to do better, so it’s frustrating we couldn’t convert that into more goals.

“Now we have to keep working away and be able to convert the high number of set-pieces that we’re getting.

"We need to be more dangerous in those situations.”