Salford, where Portsmouth failed to have a single effort at goal, was nearly capped off three minutes before the interval when a low Wilson strike drifted agonisingly wide of the target and beyond a despairing Ash Hunter.
An understandably displeased Kenny Jackett – hoping to lift his third EFL Trophy – made a triple substitution at half time and Ronan Curtis nearly made an immediate impact but Salford stopper Vaclav Hladky did well to thwart the attacker.Pompey, who had won 21 out of 25 EFL Trophy ties under Jackett prior to the tie, again relied on the heroics of MacGillivray to save their blushes when the Scotsman miraculously pawed clear Ash Eastham’s powerful header from point-blank range.As the tie edged towards the final whistle,.
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