Redknapp shrugs off Poll blunder

Harry Redknapp put referee Graham Poll’s latest – and probably last - controversial decision behind him and admitted next season will be an even tougher challenge for Portsmouth after just missing out on Europe.

Poll, who is retiring from top-level football at 43, robbed Pompey of a place in the UEFA Cup when he chalked off Niko Kranjcar’s 68th-minute strike against Arsenal with an offside ruling few in the 20,000-plus crowd could understand.