90+6 and 90+8! Agony to ecstasy as Portsmouth snatch late winner against Charlton

Charlton manager Nathan Jones told BBC Radio London:

“A point would have been the least we deserved. I thought the level of performance was really good.

“We’re really disappointed with both goals. It was lack of concentration for the first one, a free header from six yards, and then having got back into the game to concede in the manner that we did is just naive.

“We have to defend that better. It shouldn’t go in, he has to save that. To come away with no points is tough to take.

“The run we’re on, we could have said a while ago it was very different because we’ve had considerable injuries and played some top sides.

“But now we’re getting people back, the level of performance was there tonight. We just can’t be as non-clinical as we were and expect to win Championship matches.”

Jones, per Sky Sports:

“Having got back into the game to concede in the manner that we did in 90 plus eight is just so naive and crazy, because the point was the least we deserved.

“I thought the level of performance, the chances we had, how we went about the game, the problems we caused. That was more like us, but to come away with no points is tough to take.

“I just can’t fathom how we’ve not won it, definitely not got a point, and three, how we’ve ended up losing it. The point would have been the least we deserved.”

Portsmouth manager John Mousinho told BBC Radio Solent:

“I can’t remember being involved in a game in 20-odd years of football like it. It was just crazy at the end. We had our heads in the bin when Charlton equalised having just held out for so long, defending so well.

“Then to go up the other end – I didn’t even see the goal, just the ball going in the net – it was a very surreal moment.

“I’d much preferred to have won it 1-0. But, there’s a really ecstatic changing-room in there, and hopefully we can build on that and get a bit of that feeling back. We’ve not really had much of it this year.

“It was important today to try to reel sides in. There shouldn’t be an obsession with league position until the back end of the season, but there should be an obsession with good performances and trying to win games. It was a big win tonight.”

Mousinho, per Sky Sports:

“It was just crazy at the end. We had our heads in the bin, for Charlton to equalise, having just held out for so long and defended so well and then to go up the other end, I didn’t even really see the goal, I just saw it go in the back of the net.

“I can’t remember being involved in a game in 20-odd years of football like it. I think their goal went in at 95:56 or something.

“I was asking the fourth official why they played that extra time. I quickly looked at him with a contrite glance. I was pleased that we played the extra time.

“It was important today to try and reel sides in. That’s definitely a priority. It was a big win tonight.”

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— Portsmouth FC (@Pompey) December 30, 2025

Here’s how fans reacted from agony to ecstasy as Portsmouth snatch a late winner against Charlton…

@JohnWhi97174638: What the hell has just happened they dug in and got the result onward and upwards

@HazzaTWood96: We end 2025 with a home victory against Charlton. Happy to see Shaughnessy scoring on his return and Yang scoring a last minute winner after Charlton thought they’d nicked a point. Very happy with this result, PUP. 🔹🔷🔵💙 #Pompey

@underwood199529: The type of luck our season needed!

@JackLJYeats: Gotta feel for that Charlton fan who decided to be an absolute muppet pitch invade for their equaliser, risk and ban and hear the home team celebrating the winner as he’s getting dragged out. Absolute Cinema! #Pompey #Charlton

@JSweetman92: I apologise to everyone I hugged, I ended up in about 10 different rows, hugged about 20 different people. Fucking Blues #Pompey

@Pompey_Goals: What a night what football is about NEVER LEAVE EARLY EVER!! Although watching loads around me having a head loss, slamming seats, shouting abuse, storming off like children was hilarious especially as they missed that ending #Pompey

@TheChief657: I swear this football club will be the death of me #Pompey

@SteveoLarham: We don’t half make it difficult for ourselves. Set piece defending almost cost us once again.. 4 games unbeaten though and out of the bottom 3 #pompey

@Povey1990: THAT IS WHY YOU NEVER LEAVE A FOOTBALL GAME EARLY!!! What an end to the game, what an end to the year. It sums Pompey up perfectly!!

@ACrawford1987: I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like that before, conceding a 96th-minute equaliser then somehow bagging a 98th-minute winner! 😍 Still a lot of work to do performance-wise but that’s 8 points out of the last 12 now so hopefully building some momentum! #Pompey 💙

@Fajita_peter: Lesson to self. Never leave, no matter how late the other team equalise… 🫣

@JoshClements36: That could be a season-turning point in our season. COULD. 2 wins and 2 draws to end the calendar year is solid, especially the manner of coming away with those 3 points tonight. Big January window ahead for #Pompey, but signs of fighting spirit in us at least.