Oxford United boss Des Buckingham described his team’s 5-0 win over play-off rivals Peterborough as “without doubt the most enjoyable experience of my time here”.
Ruben Rodrigues scored twice with the other goals from a Mark Harris penalty, Josh Murphy and substitute Billy Bodin.
It took Oxford’s tally to 13 goals without reply in their last three games and puts them five points clear of Lincoln, who visit the Kassam Stadium on Tuesday night.
Murphy was the star of the show, destroying Posh in the first half, while Owen Dale and Greg Leigh also hit the post.
Buckingham, who spent many years as a youth team coach at Oxford before returning from India to manage them, said: “It’s without doubt the most enjoyable experience of my time here.
“It was very exciting. And the way the players bounced off the fans, and the fans bounced off the players, was fantastic.
“That’s certainly the best football we’ve played since I’ve been here.
“There is a real clear understanding about the way we want to play and there is a real clear understanding about what we want to do.
“The players were excellent right across the pitch considering that we lost Cameron Brannagan and Elliott Moore to fitness decisions late on Friday.
“Today the players carried out exactly what we wanted them to do almost exactly to the letter.
“It’s been a really good couple of weeks. But we’re not naive enough to think we’re in the play-offs already.
“We need to recover well and prepare well enough to put on a performance like that against Lincoln on Tuesday.”
Peterborough’s defeat is a massive blow to their hopes of claiming one of the automatic promotion places.
Posh boss Darren Ferguson said: “I must admit I didn’t see that coming.
“We were absolutely outclassed in every single department.
“We started strongly and confidently, then gifted them two goals.
“I was hoping then that if we could get to half-time and it’s only two, we could do things to change it. But then they got a third.
“Sometimes, though, you have to give credit to the opposition, they were outstanding. Quite honestly, it could have been 10. We got away with it being only 5-0.
“We didn’t have the quality in any department. All the quality on the pitch came from Oxford.
“The manner of the defeat was very, very disappointing. No excuses from us but I cannot accept that.
“The players have got to react quickly and now make sure we get in the play-offs because we’re not they’re yet. And I’ve got some difficult decisions to make now for the next game.”
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