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Oxford boss Gary Rowett, speaking to BBC Radio Oxford:
“I’m really angry if I’m being honest because, quite frankly, we’ve thrown the game away. That’s how it feels.
“It felt like an incredible opportunity, at 1-0, to win the game. It took a lot of hard work to get there. I don’t think we necessarily started as well as we wanted to, we were a little bit passive early in
Stoke made a bright start through Million Manhoef, who saw his eighth-minute shot blocked.
Despite that early setback, it did not take long for the hosts to take the initiative when they went ahead in the 19th minute through Al-Hamadi.
Blackburn centre-half Dominic Hyam played a dreadful cross-field ball that was easily intercepted by Bae Jun-ho. The Stoke man raced towards goal and played the ball into the path of
Oxford United boss Gary Rowett told BBC Radio Oxford:
“My immediate thoughts are for the supporter who needed the attention. Hopefully he’s ok. As a flip side to that, when that happens and the players have to go off the pitch, it becomes a bit of a fractured first half and difficult to create any rhythm or continuity within that.
“Our performance was a little bit too rigid first half,
Paul Onuachu scored a dramatic late winner as Southampton secured their first Premier League victory since November at fellow strugglers Ipswich.
While Saints remain anchored to the bottom of the table with just nine points from 24 games, their win also arrests a run of six consecutive top-flight defeats and is the first time they have taken three points since Ivan Juric was appointed manager on 21 December.
“It’s a
Ipswich had beaten Chelsea 2-0 in their last Premier League home match for their first top-flight win at Portman Road since beating Middlesbrough 1-0 in April 2002 – and would have targeted this game for another valuable three points in the fight at the bottom.
Brighton had not won in the top flight since 23 November with a 2-1 win at Bournemouth, although Hurzeler’s side thrashed Ipswich’s rivals Norwich City
Hull City ended a 13-game winless streak as substitute Mason Burstow’s late goal saw off Swansea City and lifted the Tigers out of the Championship relegation zone.
Ruben Selles looked like being denied a first Hull victory in his third game in charge after Harry Darling’s fine header cancelled out Joao Pedro’s deflected opener.
But Hull were the better side throughout and Swansea, who produced arguably their poorest performance of
In his programme notes, Guardiola said it was his job to find solutions to his side’s present plight and ominously added: “And I will.”
That calls for bold and radical thinking.
In addition to restoring De Bruyne to his starting line-up, Guardiola made a couple of other decisions that turned out to be quite significant.
Firstly, he plonked Jack Grealish into a central spot alongside the Belgian, which allowed him
West Bromwich Albion manager Carlos Corberan told BBC WM:
“I think that in general there were things that I liked of the team, especially in attack, especially in the first 60 to 70 minutes of the game.
“In these moments we were creating a lot of good opportunities – in the first half it’s true that we gave them the option to create some good opportunities too.
“But in the
Arsenal got their title challenge back on track by beating Nottingham Forest to secure a first win in five Premier League matches.
The Gunners’ form has dipped in recent weeks amid a tough fixture schedule and a number of injuries, which meant Mikel Arteta’s side were nine points behind leaders Liverpool before kick-off on Saturday.
Arsenal dominated from the outset at Emirates Stadium and Bukayo Saka gave them the lead
Hull City boss Tim Walter told BBC Radio Humberside:
“We are not happy with the result but the improvement in the performance was obvious. That’s what keeps me strong and keeps me happy.
“If you have a negative run, like we are having, all you can do is fight against it and stick together.
“We need big character and that’s what we showed. I know the results will come. We