Colin Cooper labelled Hartlepool United's 1-0 reverse at promotion-chasing Oxford United a 'missed opportunity'
Manager Colin Cooper labelled his side’s 1-0 reverse at promotion-chasing Oxford United a “missed opportunity” as Hartlepool failed to close in on the League Two play-off places.
Jack Barmby had two good chances to score for Cooper’s side at the start and end of the first half, but well-travelled striker David Connolly headed the winner two minutes after Pools midfielder Simon Walton was sent off for a second bookable offence.
The defeat leaves Pools six points off a play-off place in League Two with eight games to go.
“I’m very disappointed,” former Boro defender Cooper told the club website. “We didn’t get up to a brilliant tempo.
“The sending off is frustrating. When it’s not your night, one thing you have to do is to try and keep 11 on the pitch.
I said to the players every game presents you with an opportunity. It was a missed opportunity.”
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