WHAT HAPPENED Despite a stunning strike from Bukayo Saka, we were knocked out of the Checkatrade Trophy on Tuesday night after slipping to a 2-1 defeat against Portsmouth. Freddie Ljungberg opted to start Zech Medley, Charlie Gilmour and Saka - who all made their first-team debuts in the Europa League last Thursday - while Laurent Koscielny started in the middle of a back three.  Saka had the first sight of goal when he beat his marker with a smart piece of skill inside the box, but his left-footed effort rolled straight into the gloves of Luke McGee.  Shortly after Daniel Ballard made an impressive goalline clearance to deny Anton Walkes an opener, but less than two minutes later the...
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