MacLean's 69th minute winner against Chesterfield was his first Oxford goal

Oxford United coach Andy Melville sung the praises of on-loan striker Steven MacLean after Tuesday's surprise 2-1 win at League Two leaders Chesterfield.

The Plymouth Argyle man, at Oxford for a month, capped a fine performance with a second-half goal to lift Chris Wilder's side away from danger.

"If you knock the ball up there he can hold it up," Melville told BBC Radio Oxford after the game.

"Obviously he's a goal threat as well. He was excellent," he added.

It was former Rangers, Scunthorpe, Sheffield Wednesday, Cardiff and Aberdeen man MacLean's first goal for the club.

And it ended a run of five straight defeats for Oxford who now do not play again until Saturday week against Barnet (4 December, 1500 GMT).

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