Second-half goals by Andre Dozzell and Mark O’Mahony earned Pompey the spoils at the Kassam Stadium, and victory ended a run of seven straight defeats on the road.
Mourinho was making his third return there and the previous two matches had finished as draws.
He said: “You’ve got to take any emotion out of it, and treat it as just another game – and another away victory for us.
“It was a hardfought victory and a tight one, but I thought we did enough to win – we had enough chances to go two or three up after Dozzell’s goal.
“I’m delighted with the away win and to come out of the week with six points is brilliant. We’ve just got to keep going.” The game was suspended for 30 minutes in the first half because of a medical emergency in the crowd.
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