Neal Ardley hailed a different side to his Dons on Saturday after they put four past former giants Portsmouth at the Cherry Red Records stadium.

Goals from Andy Frampton (two), Sammy Moore and Michael Smith lifted AFC Wimbledon to ninth in League Two, just two points off the play-off places.

After the excitement of the all out attacking display in the FA Cup defeat to Coventry City the week before, Ardley said there was a period against the south coast when his side needed to show a very different attribute.

He said: “4-0 was a great result, and the fans got that feel-good factor of the four goals, which was fantastic.

“But we played better against Coventry in the way we passed the ball, the way we moved and how we attacked the goal from all angles.

“We showed different qualities to win this game. We had a 20-minute spell in this game in the second half where we had to dig in, stick together, and see it through and we did that.”

Dons go to struggling Bury this weekend.

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