Wycombe Wanderers manager Gareth Ainsworth wants his side to finish the League Two season on a high after a 2-1 defeat to Portsmouth ended their play-off hopes.

The Chairboys loss at Fratton Park coupled with AFC Wimbledon’s win over Leyton Orient means it is now impossible for wanderers to finish in the top seven.

With games against promotion chasing Accrington Stanley and Oxford United still to come, Ainsworth’s side could still play an important role in deciding the final league standings.

Ainsworth therefore wants Wycombe to finish the season well and says he would like to see them win their remaining two matches.

“It [the season is not over yet and we want to get two wins from two games. If we play like we did today we won’t be far away from doing that,” Ainsworth said.

“I want to finish well starting with a win against Accrington next week before we go to Oxford. Again, if we can get something there we might have a say in who goes up and who stays in the play-offs.

“There are teams up there who have spent a lot of money, a lot more than us, to be where they are and are desperate to get promoted.”

The match itself was a full-blooded affair as both Portsmouth and Wanderers threw men forward in a must win meeting.

In Ainsworth’s view Wycombe were their own worst enemy as they allowed Portsmouth a 2-0 lead through Gary Roberts’ and Conor Chaplin’s goals.

Ainsworth said: “At the final whistle there was one man who was relieved and that was Paul Cook [Portsmouth manager], because he knows he was in a game.

“We let in a sloppy goal in the first half. I changed things in the second half and we let another sloppy goal in.”

Wycombe were handed a lifeline by Sido Jombati’s superb free kick which saw the full-back lift a delicate curling effort into the top corner from 20 yards.

The strike came as a surprise to many, but Ainsworth insists he was fully aware the Portuguese had the skill to produce such a moment.

He said: “I did [know he had it in him]. He is Portuguese and he has that flair. The players on the continent tend to be good at free kicks.

“If I am being totally honest, I was not 100 per cent confident he was going to hit the target when he took the ball off Max Kretzschmar.

“I am really pleased for Sido and he has had a tough year with certain things. But he is a solid player.”