Pompey have roared back from a defeat at Southampton to beat Sheffield United with an 89th minute midweek winner, and then inflict more misery on the Canaries to claim six points from six.

Marezi (Marko Milovanović), slotted a penalty for his third Championship goal in eight appearances since a reported £3m summer move from Almeria.

"I wanted us to be low on Monday morning coming back into work after losing a derby in the circumstances we did," said Mousinho. "I wanted us to use that pain and disappointment to fuel us going into Wednesday, which it did. We attacked that game and we got our rewards and we did it in this game.

"We were in control in the first half here and played some great football right up until we got to the Norwich box.

"But we got the penalty that changed the game for us shortly after the break and then defended very well.

"It was a pressure situation for Marko because everyone expects the ball to hit the net in those circumstances and he finished confidently.

"Football is all about fine margins, with the shot from Pelle Mattsson not going in after hitting the inside of the post.

"We have to always believe that if we keep doing the right things on the pitch, then we’ll get rewarded for that.

"But credit must go to the lads. We rightly felt low after Sunday, but have dusted ourselves done and just gone again."

Mousinho was also proud of how his players, and away support, reacted to a super-charged occasion pre-match with the tribute to Norwich’s former joint majority shareholder, Michael Wynn Jones.

"Look at the response the lads gave off the back of the start of the game. I noticed it straight away before the kick-off, when their song goes around Carrow Road, that’s definitely when I heard Play Up Pompey through all that," he said.

"You know what it’s been like over the past four years since I’ve been here, the support has been unbelievable and we’re asking for that again whenever we go away from home.

"We are asking the away fans to pay their money to travel all the way over here, and again on Tuesday night at Wolves, and it never goes unappreciated."