Wycombe manager Matt Bloomfield felt his team should have earned more than a goalless draw against play-off contenders Oxford after spurning a number of first-half chances.
This was an afternoon when the Chairboys renamed their stadium Adam’s Park as a tribute to 17-year-old supporter Adam Ankers, who died earlier in the month after suffering a cardiac arrest while playing for the club’s Foundation Under-19 team.
It was dominated for the best part of an hour by the hosts before Oxford improved and came close to making Bloomfield’s players regret their missed opportunities.
Bloomfield said: “We created more than enough chances to win the game, I believe, and it’s slightly disappointing not to come away with more than what we’ve got.
“But at the same time, I think I have to be pleased with the resilience because if you’re not going to score make sure that you don’t concede.
“Oxford had a couple of chances where we’ve made real big blocks, the back four were really brave in how they defended.
“I spoke before the game to the boys about this being one for our supporters.
“It’s something I was disappointed to not get all three points [from] earlier in the season and we really wanted to do that for our supporters today.
“We wanted to make sure we came out with energy and I feel like we did that first half.”
Wycombe’s first big chance came when Beryly Lubala played the ball through for Dale Taylor, whose shot was saved by the foot of Jamie Cumming.
The Oxford goalkeeper then denied Taylor again and the dangerous Kieran Sadlier sent a clear opportunity into the side-netting before his low ball was somehow put wide by Lubala from close range.
The U’s, who are now three points clear of seventh-placed Stevenage, almost snatched victory with 14 minutes left but home keeper Max Stryjek kept out Cameron Brannagan’s effort.
Oxford boss Des Buckingham said: “It’s an extremely hard-earned point against a team that have picked up some really good results of late and play a very difficult way at times.
“We lost Elliott Moore late last night, which was disruptive, but it was our first clean sheet in a while (12 league games), so to come here and match that, we just needed to be calmer on the ball at times.
“We showed that in the second half, we were calmer on the ball and we created a lot more in the second half.
“We should have had a penalty at the end as well to possibly come away with three points.
“It’s a good point away from home but we need to make sure we back it up on Tuesday with three [against Northampton].”
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