After seeing midfielder Papa Bouba Diop concede his second penalty in four days to let Egyptian striker Amr Zaki put Wigan ahead with his ninth goal of the season just before half time, Adams thought substitute Niko Kranjcar had saved a point with an 82nd minute equaliser.

But Pompey, who had dominated most of the game, handed Antonio Valencia two late chances to win with gung-ho defending before Heskey slid in the winner.

And Adams admitted: "I was so angry. I went berserk at the players and then realised I shouldn't have done that because they had given me so much- so much passion. Despite the result I think the crowd enjoyed it.

"But I kicked a few bottles in there because it seems too much is happening to me in such an early stage of management.

"We had the late equaliser by Fulham last Sunday and Liverpool's late penalty on Wednesday when we had done so well.

"But I know I've got a talented team and they will come back. We'll play much worse than this and win.

"It's no disrespect to what Steve Bruce is doing at Wigan but I would certainly rather be manager of Portsmouth than manager of Wigan.

"We've got so much talent we can destroy teams but today, if anything, the players tried too hard for me and it just hasn't worked out. I've got to accept that."

Ex-Arsenal ace Adams took over at Pompey last Tuesday having stepped up from assistant-manager to caretaker-boss for last Sunday's 1-1 home draw with Fulham after Harry Redknapp left for Tottenham.

But following Diop's latest blunder, recklessly bringing down Titus Bramble, Adams is still searching for his first win after Wigan ended their own barren run of four consecutive defeats.

Pompey hit the woodwork four times and Wigan manager Bruce admitted: "We've had more luck in this game than in any of the previous four but I'm delighted how we've come back after a poor display at Fulham in midweek.

"You will go a long way to see a match like that. I think a lot of it was down to the wet conditions. People were sliding all over the place. Both sets of players deserved a pat on the back.

"But to be fair we could have won it even before we did. Valencia had two great chances there at the end but I was delighted to see Emile get his 100th goal. He made another great contribution.

"I can't see that Tony's done anything wrong particularly and I'm happy to welcome another English manager into the Premier League. I'm glad about that. Tony has come from good stock.

"Yes, welcome to the wonderful world of management but he must be nuts.

"When you get games like that it can give you heart attacks even if you've got an array of talent like he's got, a team that's been in the top 10 in the last three years and also won the FA Cup. I'm sure he'll do well."