'It would have been smash and grab': Oxford boss Karl Robinson satisfied with a point following goalless draw against Blackpool

Having been the second best throughout, Oxford almost snatched the win in stoppage-time when John Mousinho's header appeared destined for the bottom corner.

But Chris Maxwell somehow managed to fly across his goal to claw the effort onto his post.

“It would have been a smash and grab," Robinson told the Oxford Mail.

“They have so many good players at the top end of the pitch.

“We had to be a bit different and I thought we looked more solid as the game went on. I don’t think we were massively under the cosh, I thought we finished stronger than the opposition.

“While we were looking okay going forward and getting criticised for our back four, I kept saying we will get there. We seem to have shored that up, but we’ve become less of a potent threat at the top of the pitch.

“At this level you can’t have that perfect balance of that wonderful, attacking free-flowing football but that solid unit as well. To have three draws against three high-level teams is not bad.

"I’m not saying it’s good, don’t think I’m accepting a point, but it’s better than what it might have been."

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