Mon Apr 21, 2025 10:29 pm
Oxford United manager Gary Rowett:
"You'd think Oxford fans would have a few more mathematicians among them [singing "we are staying up"]! It certainly doesn't feel we're anywhere near safe. We felt one more big result would be enough but, of course, when everyone else around you wins it means another game.
"We knew that with a change in management the atmosphere would be different in the ground and we struggled to match their energy in the first half. The goal kicked us on.
"One wonder strike, one moment of brilliance from a player who has done that so many times for this club could have got us an incredibly important point in the grand scheme of things. We needed a moment like that because our performance wasn't good."