THERE was no need for a fiery inquest in the Oxford United changing room, according to Christian Ribeiro.

A whole host of visiting players will look back on Bobby Grant’s late strike and know they could have done more to prevent the midfielder breaking the deadlock on the way to a 2-0 victory.

The 88th-minute effort will not make happy viewing for the squad this week when they analyse the trip to Fleetwood Town, as a decent display was undermined by a collective failure to react.

There was plenty of disappointment in the changing room, but Ribeiro felt there was little wrong with the performance.

Ribeiro said: “We haven’t been rewarded for that group effort, but when we spoke in there nobody was having a go at each other.

“Sometimes things don’t go your way – that’s sport.

“We will speak about it more on Monday, but because everyone’s honest here, people know what mistakes were made and what they can do better.

“You don’t need to have screaming and shouting because everyone gave absolutely everything.

“Sometimes you’ll have performances where you do question a few things, but I don’t think that was the case here.”

He added: “Nobody in there spoke about how poor we were.

“The frustration is we felt we deserved more, not so much that we’ve lost 2-0 away and had a tough day.”

United’s best moments all came in the first half, but a Wes Thomas effort which forced an excellent save was their one big chance.

In a contest affected by a strong wind, opportunities were also in short supply for Fleetwood.

Ribeiro said: “I think a draw would have been fair, because we maybe didn’t create the chances to win.

“But we played against a tidy side away from home and restricted them to not much.

“Football’s like that – it’s on a knife-edge. The mistake could’ve gone either way and unfortunately it’s gone against us.”