Oxford United boss blasts refereeing after Wrexham defeat

Josh Windass scored for the visitors in the first half before The U’s piled on the pressure on in the second, but it was too little, too late.

Yellows defender Ciaron Brown was the subject of a penalty claim during the match which saw his whole shirt pulled off in the box, the referee opting not too give a foul.

“Well, if someone pulling someone’s shirt off their back isn’t shirt pulling, I don’t know what is,” Bloomfield confessed.

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“I’ll be honest with you, the last few games [at the Kassam], especially in the second half, we saw it with Watford. The lad’s getting rugby tackled and it’s just normal behaviour now.

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“I just don’t know where the rules are for corners and defending in the box anymore. It just feels like anything goes these days.

“But in that instant, if pulling someone’s shirt off their back isn’t shirt pulling, then I’m kind of not sure how much more you can show it.”

A penalty decision would have given United a chance to rescue at least a point from the game as they head into the final two Championship games in 22nd and five points adrift of safety.