'We go to Sunderland with freedom' - Mousinho

Portsmouth travel to promotion-chasing Sunderland on Sunday afternoon looking to follow-up their impressive 4-0 win at home to Swansea City with another positive result.

Manager John Mousinho spoke to BBC Radio Solent before the game. Here are the main takeaways.

• Mousinho said he was "really pleased" with Pompey's "excellent performance" against Swansea. "We took our chances. We didn't have a boatload of possession but when we did, we were effective. As an overall bounce back from the Bristol City game, that showed a really good mentality."

• Freddie Potts put in his "best performance of the season so far", according to Mousinho. He said: "I was really impressed. Freddie just picked up everything, won all his second balls, won his battles, and then showed a lot of quality. He showed a lot of composure, calmness and athleticism. The challenge for Freddie is to stick with that and stay consistent."

• Zak Swanson has done "very well since he's come back in", according to the Pompey boss. "Zak has taken his opportunity and certainly yesterday I think he was really impressive. There is still plenty of progression in Zak's game - I think that's the most promising thing."

• On the importance of every player chipping in with goals: "I think we've got to make sure we don't have a reliance on one goalscorer. That's probably been Colby [Bishop] for the majority of my time here. Yesterday was really pleasing from that point of view, particularly to get a goal from one of the centre-halves [Ryley Towler]."

• On transfers in January: "No news. We're moving on all of the targets we've looked at as quickly as we possibly can. It's still very early on. There's plenty going on behind the scenes."

• On facing Sunderland: "They've been one of the best sides in the league all year. Really, really impressive."

• Mousinho added: "The pressure is on Sunderland to try and win the game. I think we go with a bit of freedom and really try and upset the apple cart."

Listen to John Mousinho's pre-match press conference on BBC Sounds.