Sean Davis was the unlikely hero of Portsmouth's first home win under new boss Tony Adams after another two-goal give-away against Blackburn gave Fratton Park a fright.
On Thursday, Pompey blew a 2-0 lead against Italian giants AC Milan and had already surrendered vital Premier League points under Adams with late collapses from winning positions.
It looked like more of the same when brilliant strikes by Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe had Pompey skating ahead again eight minutes after the break but Matt Derbyshire dragged one back with a simple header after replacing Benni McCarthy 30 seconds earlier in the 62nd minute.
Tugay, the brilliant Turkish veteran, rifled Rovers level with Pompey ball-watching again four minutes later.
This time, though, Pompey were still up for finishing the job. It took a cool finish by substitute Davis - on two minutes earlier for Armand Traore - after Paul Robinson beat out Papa Bouba Diop's shot for his first goal since March 2006.
With Bolton, Wigan and Fulham picking up points on Saturday, Pompey - still without skipper Sol Campbell and with Niko Kranjcar only on the bench - had slipped from eighth to 11th in the table.
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