Do you agree with how Blues writer Jordan Cross saw it at Fratton Park?
![All the best attributes of Sparkes’ game on show here. Lively going forward but also really dependable defensively as visitors pushed in second half.](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmViNjFhZTU0LTEyZTQtNDhhMi1iNGVmLWM4YWZjMzIwOTlmZDpiYmU4OWY0NC1kZTU3LTRjODAtYjcxZi00NTExMTg1NmY1MTE=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
5. Jack Sparkes - 7
All the best attributes of Sparkes’ game on show here. Lively going forward but also really dependable defensively as visitors pushed in second half.Photo: Jason Brown
![Match action from Pompey's win over Stevenage.](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjc2MjIyMGVlLTBhOTktNDc1ZS1iOWZlLTg0Y2NiMWYxYzdhZDphMDQxZWZmOC02ZTY5LTRmN2YtODEzYy1iZmQ4ZDBjMjM1ZWU=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
![At his cool, calm and collected best to repel a lively Stevenage attack. Oozed class and had some moments of languid quality and robust defending when needed.](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmM4Zjk5M2Y5LTRhY2ItNGIzNS1hOTZiLTE1ZTIyMzQ0YjBiNTo2ZTNkZjNkNi01ZTM2LTQ4YTEtYTUzNy1hOGRkMTVmZjEzNWY=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
7. Conor Shaughnessy - 8 MOTM
At his cool, calm and collected best to repel a lively Stevenage attack. Oozed class and had some moments of languid quality and robust defending when needed.Photo: Jason Brown
![Tenacious, dogged and niggly - all the best things about Joe Morrell’s game. Didn’t rise to the Stevenage bait when targeted and offered insurance to rare counters form the visitors. Really important in second half.](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjkzMGM3YjMzLTQ3ZWUtNDljMy05MGNiLWQ5OGM2NTQ0Y2U2YjoxOTJiYjEzOS01MzI0LTRiMTItOTUxZi0wNzBmNTVlM2M5ZWQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
8. Joe Morrell - 7
Tenacious, dogged and niggly - all the best things about Joe Morrell’s game. Didn’t rise to the Stevenage bait when targeted and offered insurance to rare counters form the visitors. Really important in second half.Photo: Jason Brown