Henrik Pedersen saluted the all-round teamwork of his Wednesday side after today’s 2-0 win at Fratton Park.

Following what was also a first league victory of the season, Pedersen said: “First of all I am very, very proud of the boys. They have trained so hard, had so many knocks but they keep getting up again and again and again.

“This togetherness today and discipline for the gameplan, there was so much courage in the performance. There was so much intensity and I have so much respect for them all.”

The boss said: “I think he was a great captain today, one thing is what he does through his actions, how he plays, winning balls but the other thing is how he supports his players.

“He was great but today our best player was the team.

“How they worked together and the discipline for the gameplan, we played a little more direct than we had in the other games but the clarity today was amazing for the boys.

“We spoke about three phases in the game, one to get a good beginning because we have been sloppy in other games, we spoke about then staying in the game and then how often we can break the defending line of the opponent.

“You can do a lot if you do it with heart and the boys played with heart today.”