Aaron Ramsey hails ‘relentless’ Oxford United after Burton Albion win

It took until the 76th minute for Siriki Dembele to score the opening goal at the Kassam Stadium, with 90th and 94th-minute strikes from Louie Sibley and Gatlin O’Donkor securing a comfortable victory in the end for the Yellows.

The win over Burton sees them record a first home win back in League One and rise to fifth place in the table with a game in hand.

Oxford have now won their last two games on the bounce after an emphatic 4-0 win at Leicester City last week, picking up two clean sheets.

“Listen, if it’s going to take until the 85th minute, let it be,” Ramsey declared after Saturday’s win.

“Look, we’re working hard to try and create opportunities and we have to be patient, but also have that relentlessness to keep going.

Oxford United midfielder Kai Andrews on loan from Coventry City (Image: Oxford United)

“It might be the last minute of the game, but as long as we know that we’re secure behind it and we can go and attack, then there’s no reason not to.

“And that’ll be the same when we are 1-0 up. We keep going for it.

“No games are easy in this league and it was a different test for us, but one that we had to stand up to, so full credit to the boys again.

“The resilience and the relentlessness then to carry on going and to keep creating opportunities and take it to them, especially in the second half, was really encouraging for us.

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“So to end the game 3-0 in the end is obviously a really pleasing afternoon.”

The trio of goals in OX4 were scored by a trio of players who just months ago were considered on the fringes and possibly on their way out of the club.

The renaissance of names such as Dembele, Sibley and O’Donkor has shown that Ramsey can get the best out of every member of the squad after the transfer embargo led to them being kept at the club.

“I thought the subs again were absolutely brilliant,” the United boss admitted.

“We’re going to need every single one of these players to come on then and have an impact again.

Ciaron Brown (left) celebrates with goal scorer Louie Sibley (right) (Image: Oxford United)

“Tyler [Goodrham], Sibs, Leo [Snowden], Gats: they’ve come on and made a real impact.

“I see their quality every day and for them to come on, they deserve these moments and showing everybody what they’re capable of doing.

“The demands that we’re putting on them and asking them to do different things in the game. And obviously we’re seeing their qualities come through them.”