Matt Bloomfield was proud of his Oxford United side after they held promotion-chasing Hull City at the Kassam Stadium, even though they remain in the Championship relegation zone.
Oxford equalised through Cameron Brannagan’s penalty after falling behind to an early Hull goal and created enough chances to win.
They now face relegation rivals Portsmouth in a huge relegation clash at Fratton Park on Monday and Bloomfield feels his side cannot be questioned.
"We assess it by saying that we've created multiple opportunities to win the football match," he told BBC Radio Oxford.
"It hasn't gone our way today, but in terms of performance level and endeavour, the way the boys kept creating, kept pressing, kept at it, we can't question them.
"It was obviously very disappointing to go one goal down so early and another team could have possibly wobbled, but our lads are made of sterner stuff, and they kept going.
"Cam stuck the penalty away and we created multiple opportunities. I'm just really disappointed for the lads and for the crowd today because everyone was excellent.
"We played against a very good team, who are five points off the automatic promotion places, and are going to end the season, probably in the play-offs at the very least.
"Yet we've gone toe to toe with them and created enough chances to win the game."
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