Rowett reacts to Oxford's loss at Hull

Oxford boss Gary Rowett spoke to BBC Radio Oxford after Wednesday's 2-1 loss at Hull.

"I'm really angry if I'm being honest because, quite frankly, we've thrown the game away - that's how it feels," he said.

"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 the game but we grew into the game.

"We got ourselves into a good position and, when you do that, you've got to protect the goal and the lead with your life. Earlier on in my tenure we were doing that, but today we allowed two very soft goals.

"Unfortunately, if you're going to play with that sort of naivety in the Championship, you're going to make it a very difficult end to the season.

"I'm just frustrated because we've gone from a position of winning games, seeing those moments out and looking very solid, to feeling like we've got more to give, we're not quite giving it and I'm not quite sure why.

"That's probably the harshest I've been with the players in the dressing room and it really does feel as though we've thrown something away today."