Rowett calls on U's to be more clinical

Oxford manager Gary Rowett watches as his side lose to West Brom

Gary Rowett said his Oxford United side have to be more clinical in front of goal if they are to arrest their slump in form.

Speaking to BBC Radio Oxford after his side lost 2-0 at West Brom, the U's manager said: "The moments when the game opens up can you find the quality?

"We probably showed for the last five games moments we get into where it should end up in a shot, moments where you get into where there is an attacking opportunity or a promising opportunity and they fizzle out because we make the wrong pass or decision."

Oxford have won just one game on the road all season and are now winless in their past six but Rowett believes their luck will turn if they keep working hard.

"You are in a division with teams like Middlesbrough that have lost five games on the spin," he added. "It is not an easy division and it takes prisoners very quickly.

"From the highs of the early run of form to the disappointment of the last four or five games just petering out a little bit, but we have to do something about it."