Portsmouth recovered from a disastrous start to overcome Carlisle 3-1 in the Carling Cup third round and relieve some of the pressure on manager Paul Hart.

Around 600 Portsmouth fans were rewarded for their 750-mile round-trip to Brunton Park with a win, but nobody was more relieved at the final whistle than Hart, whose job looked to be on the line when Ian Harte put the League One side a goal up from the penalty spot after only two minutes.

Aaron Mokoena was the guilty party after needlessly hauling down Richard Offiong, but Pompey regained their composure quickly and strikes from Aruna Dindane, Danny Webber and Anthony Vanden Borre - all their first for the club - sealed a morale-boosting 3-1 victory.

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