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Aaron Ramsey confirms Emakhu return amid Oxford United ‘concern’
The Oxford head coach confirmed that Aidomo Emakhu has returned to first team training ahead of the side’s trip to Mansfield Town on Thursday night.
United travel to the East Midlands again after defeating Notts County 2-1 at the weekend to extend their League One unbeaten run to four games.
Winger Emakhu played in the first two games of the season before picking up an injury in training which has ruled him out for almost two months.
The U’s boss hopes that the Irishman will return to action soon.
Ramsey said: “Aidomo is back in with the team, training. So we’ll see how he goes now for the next games.”
Other long-term injuries include Ruben Roosken and Jeon Jin-woo who have both been missing since pre-season.
Despite not yet returning to training, the duo are nearing the latter stages of their recovery.
“They had decent injuries in terms of the length that they were going to be out for. But they’re progressing really well now and sort of at the latter stages now and sort of reintegrating into the first team again.
“We are going to have to be a bit patient now and build them back up with training load and things like that.”
The former Arsenal star added: “They’re back in and we’ll be monitoring them and putting them through a sort of plan now to get them in the best possible shape to come back in, but also to stay in.”
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In his preview of the Yellows’ Thursday night clash with the Stags, Ramsey touched on his desire not to let clean sheets slip away late on in games.
At Meadow Lane last time out, Oxford conceded a stoppage time consolation goal shortly after doubling their lead.
Similarly at Stevenage in the second game of the campaign, United let slip a 98th-minute goal to end that game 2-1 on the road as well.
Harking back to the recent Notts County win, Ramsey said: “Obviously we would like to have had a clean sheet. The performance, I thought, deserved that.
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“But if you switch off for a second in this league, you’ll get punished.
“It was one of them. But the game was already done by then.
“I think it was a really positive performance and not something that’s going to concern me going forward.
“I think everything about what we saw on the weekend was everything that we want to be. it had a bit of everything in there.
Oxford United travel to face Mansfield Town in League One as they look to extend their unbeaten streak to five games.
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Peter Kioso and Gatlin O’Donkor both received second yellow cards as Aaron Ramsey’s men survived a late onslaught from the Stags.
Luka Lynch’s first ever goal in professional football put Oxford ahead in the first half Michael Smith found a deserved Mansfield equaliser.
The hosts had Oxford pinned back in the opening stages, a shot from Nathan Moriah-Welsh getting blocked by teammate Jon Russell.
Mark Harris glanced a Louie Sibley free kick wide with his head in response, before a stretching Rhys Oates could not quite meet a lethal low ball in.
Mansfield kept pushing then, Michal Helik recovering to stop Smith in the box.
A first save from Jamie Cumming tipped the ball wide four minutes before Russell and Deji Oshilaja both saw efforts blocked.
Another Russell dig was held by the U’s goalkeeper as United weathered the storm.
With 34 minutes on the clock, Lynch showed his quality to cut inside and bend a perfect shot into the top left corner from the edge of the penalty area and put the Yellows ahead against the run of play.
The Stags hit back when Cameron Brannagan gave the ball away in his own box leading to Russell putting the ball over with time on his side.
Nigel Clough’s side kept up their pressure but could not find the net before the break.
The hosts picked up where they left off with a blocked effort from Stephen McLaughlin and a curling shot wide from Oates.
Substitute O’Donkor had a poke at goal saved as the U’s grew into the second half before Oates broke away but was stopped impressively by Peter Kioso in the box.
That is when the wheels began falling off, Kioso receiving a second yellow for an alleged dive in the box.
Frazer Blake-Tracy out a cross over the crossbar before the equaliser came, Smith bundling into the net after Cumming failed to deal with another cross.
It went from bad to worse then, O’Donkor seeing red after a clumsy slide challenge saw him also receive a second yellow.
Mansfield battered the Oxford box in the final few minutes, the U’s managing to hold out for what proved to be a valuable point.
Stags: L Roberts, Hewitt (Maris 80), Sweeney (Blake-Tracy 74), Russell (Hendry 74), Smith, Thompson, Oates, Moriah-Welsh (T Roberts 61), Oshilaja, Reed, Abbott (McLaughlin 46)
Yellows: Cumming, Kioso, Brown, Helik, Spencer, Brannagan, Andrews, Sibley (O’Donkor 59), Lynch (Missanga 59), Harris (Currie 78), Dembele (Long 80)
Bookings: Moriah-Welsh, Russell; Kioso, O’Donkor
Red cards: Kioso, O’Donkor
Oxford United travel to face Mansfield Town in League One as they look to extend their unbeaten streak to five games.
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