After Wycombe called for his firing on Tuesday night, Pompey manager John Mousinho exonerated the Chelsea starlet of guilt.
Anjorin made his entire league debut at Fratton Park, but was involved in a scuffle with Josh Scowen, prompting the visitors to call for a red card. Mousinho believes the 21-year-old will need to be cautious as one of the game’s bright, new things.
‘Tino is going to be targeted,’ he warned. Players will want to go on top of him since he is a young Chelsea player. They’re probably going to try to hurt him physically, but Tino proved the other night that he can handle it.’It was a pretty terrific 55 minutes for him, and he’s making good progress. He displayed some excellent touches in the first half and appears to be physically fit.
‘He knew he wasn’t going to play the entire match ahead of time, so he could go out and give it his all; he was way ahead of everyone in terms of physical output based on the statistics we received. That was satisfying, and once he gets everything together,
Despite Wycombe asking for Anjorin to be sent off in the second half against Scowen, Mousinho decided the Poole player was not guilty of an offence based on film the Pompey manager later saw.
‘It was incredibly difficult to see,’ he claimed. There was a tangle that produced nothing, but their bench was raised. We’ve seen it back because we have a camera perspective from the far side and there doesn’t appear to be anything in it.’However, you must use caution when doing so because you never know what the refs will observe. We always want our athletes to be aggressive in the heat of battle, but not go over the top and lose them the game.
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