Portsmouth 0-1 Everton

Portsmouth suffered a seventh successive Barclays Premier League defeat as they were beaten by Everton.

Louis Saha scored the only goal of the match at Fratton Park three minutes before half-time to give the Merseysiders their first away points of the season.

The Frenchman brought down a long, high ball into the box - beating Younes Kaboul in the air - and pounced, directing a clinical finish past James.
Both sides had an effort cleared off the line in the second half with Pompey also hitting the bar with a header by Aaron Mokoena. Kevin-Prince Boateng was denied by Tim Howard's fine save in stoppage-time.

The home side piled on the pressure late on but could not prevent a Premier League record seventh straight reverse from the start of a campaign. It is only the fourth time in top-flight history that a side has opened with seven defeats.

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