Perrin will feel the heat

Alain Perrin will feel the pressure of becoming the first Premiership manager in danger of losing his job this season after Portsmouth’s humiliating Carling Cup exit at League One strugglers Gillingham.

The Frenchman, who turned Troyes into a European force and also tasted Champions League football in charge of Marseille, saw Pompey crash in extra time at Priestfield and admitted: “It’s my worst moment yet.”