PORTSMOUTH defender Dion Donohue says the closing stages of Saturday’s game became ‘comical’ because of the conditions at Ewood Park.

But the Pompey defender wasn’t using that as an excuse for his side’s performance, or defeat, as Rovers ran out 3-0 winners.

Rain fell throughout the 90 minutes but became even heavy during the second half when Rovers extended their lead through goals from Danny Graham and Craig Conway as the visitors found it hard to create too many clear-cut openings.

And while Donohue said the conditions were difficult, they shouldn’t be used as an excuse.

“At Sutton Coldfield Town was previously the only time I have played in conditions where the ball physically was stopping dead on the pitch,” he told the Portsmouth News.

“But I have never played in anything like it was towards the end at Ewood Park. It was comical really, you couldn’t even play football.

“You could see when people were striking the ball the water was coming up off the pitch, while others were falling over left, right and centre.

“At one stage, I went to cross a ball and it stopped dead, so I ended up missing the ball completely because of that.

“Having said that, they (Blackburn) had the same conditions so we can’t use that as an excuse.

“But it got so bad later in the game it was probably a tough decision for the referee whether to call it off because there wasn’t long to go.

“It was madness towards the end, the conditions were terrible. Again, though, they had the same conditions as we did and they took the points, so no excuses.”