'We didn't hit the same levels as at Boro'

Oxford United head coach Matt Bloomfield spoke to BBC Radio Oxford following their 2-1 defeat at Stoke.

"Two soft goals from our point of view, I didn't think we hit the same levels as we did on Saturday at Middlesbrough," he said.

"I'd have liked us to be more solid out of possession, but we found our way back into the game, hit the bar, and we could be talking about a different result right now.

"We're playing against top opposition every week and our boys have been great recently - our performance levels have been very good.

"But we have to be at our best every week, we hit those levels at times tonight, but at times I felt our shape was a little bit open for what we wanted, especially away from home.

"There's certainly things we can go after again."