West Brom 0 Portsmouth 1 - pictures 2
More images from the FA Cup semi-final between West Bromwich Albion and Portsmouth at Wembley on Saturday April 5.
A second-half goal from Albion old boy Kanu was enough to deny West Brom their first FA Cup final in 40 years.
The striker side-footed an easy chance to see off the Baggies after Dean Kiely had denied Milan Baros and Zoltan Gera had failed to clear. See also: West Brom 0 Portsmouth 1 - pictures 1nextpage
Portsmouth failed to add to their tally and were almost made to pay but Robert Koren's shot hit the bar and Ishmael Miller fired wide late on.nextpage
Wembley had been packed all afternoon as both sides hoped to take advantage of the early exit of the Premier League "big four".nextpage
Kevin Phillips had been joined in the pre-match line-up by son Toby.nextpage
Manager Tony Mowbray rallies his players.nextpage
Both sides were competitive but created few chances in the first half.nextpage
West Brom's fans got behind their team.nextpage
Albion coped with most of Pompey's threats with some ease.nextpage
But Albion were not to repeat the feat of the 1968 side in going on to win the competition.nextpage
Portsmouth will now play either Barnsley or Cardiff.
