He said:
"What was important is that we got another win at Portsmouth. We showed our belief is back and that we can work hard and take the points.
"We knew this would be a big test. Portsmouth beat Manchester United here and anybody can beat anybody.
"I felt we made four good chances in the first half but it was a real fight in the second half and we had to show resilience. When (Aiyegbeni) Yakubu came on as substitute he gave us problems and he is a real handful."