Portsmouth manager John Mousinho admitted that he ‘didn’t think there was much point’ speaking to his players as they lost 2-0 away at Wycombe Wanderers in the FA Cup.

Pompey, who are now in the Championship after a 12-year absence, only had three notable chances in the contest at Adams Park.

The first two fell to Paddy Lane and Christian Saydee in the opening five minutes with the score at 0-0, before Tom McIntyre forced Nathan Bishop into a save in the dying embers of the match.

At that point, the Chairboys were 2-0 up and didn’t look in danger of conceding.

Mousinho, who spent two years with Wycombe as a player between 2008 and 2010, admitted that the league was ‘more important’, but wanted his players to be ‘a lot more competitive’ than what they were.

Wanderers’ goalscorers were Brandon Hanlan and Sonny Bradley.

The latter had one season with the South Coast team during the 2013/14 year, where he played 38 times and scored two.

Mousinho said: “We have had a very busy Christmas period and have Blackburn during the week, which will be our fifth away game in six.

“This has meant we’ve had to be reliant on our core and I thought it was the right thing to do (make changes).

“We didn’t want to risk any injuries to key players and now it’s just about resting legs for the game on Wednesday.

“Even though we all know that the Championship is the most important thing for us, I still think we should have been a lot more competitive than we were tonight.

“I haven’t said anything to players as I didn’t think there was much point – we’ll review the game tonight and there’s not much you can say about the performance.

“We were way below the standard.”

The cup tie was the first-ever fixture in the competition between the two clubs to be played at Adams Park.

It was also the second time the two teams met in the FA Cup, with the previous encounter being in the 2016/17 season, which Wycombe won 2-1 at Fratton Park.

Chairboys legend Adebayo Akinfenwa scored the winner with six minutes remaining.