Mokoena: Lessons must be learned

09 November 2009 15:27
Portsmouth captain Aaron Mokoena has warned his side they must quickly learn from defeat at Blackburn.[LNB]Paul Hart's men head into the international break still bottom of the Barclays Premier League after losing 3-1 at Ewood Park, where they had taken the lead through Jamie O'Hara.[LNB]A trip to Stoke is up next when domestic action resumes and Mokoena knows Pompey cannot afford to get caught out again after failing to deal with Rovers' threat from set-pieces.[LNB]"It is a tough league but we have to keep going. There is a long wait until the Stoke game but we need to make sure we are ready for it," Mokoena told pfcTV.[LNB]"It will be a difficult game because they play the same way as Blackburn. We switched off on two occasions against them. We worked so hard to get the first goal against them, so it is very, very disappointing."[LNB]Mokoena added: "We have a bunch of players who want to do the business, so we are all disappointed, but we have to cheer ourselves up and move on."

Source: Eurosport