Rowett takes positives from U's upward trajectory

Oxford United boss Gary Rowett spoke to BBC Radio Oxford after the U's 1-0 defeat at promotion-chasing Burnley.

"We carried a threat, and I think we got into some good positions without perhaps creating as much as we'd like," he said.

"After a good start they settled into their game. You can clearly see they're a very good side which is why they're going to be competing for the top two positions.

"Sometimes when you're playing a good side who can stretch you in the way that they do it makes it very difficult to do anything other than to try and be compact, and that takes away from your ability to attack for long periods.

"When you look at the trajectory of our team and where the team's come from out of League One to, I think, more than competing in this division, and actually looking like the next step for us is to see if we can compete a little bit better in these types of games.

"I think that is a real positive and there were a lot of positives to come out of the game."