THE Oxford Mail player ratings after Oxford United were knocked out of the Carabao Cup with a 1-0 defeat at Coventry City.

MATT INGRAM

Unlucky with the deflected strike, before two excellent saves in a short space of time. The first saw him tip wide a Brandon Thomas-Asante header, and then he pushed away a driven effort from Victor Torp. MAN OF THE MATCH – 8

PETER KIOSO

Looked a little bit more secure defensively than previous appearances, and he was unfortunate that the deflection off him looped past Ingram – 7

SAM LONG

Proud moment in making his 250th appearance for the club, and produced a crunching challenge on Norman Bassette during a one-on-one situation – 7.5

CIARON BROWN

Really strong display at the back, regularly in the right place to clear or head away dangerous balls into the box – 8

GREG LEIGH

Headed wide from a corner, and was solid enough at both ends of the pitch – 7

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LOUIE SIBLEY

Saw plenty of the ball early on, and had some promising moments, but lacked the bite that was needed in the final third – 6.5

JOSH MCEACHRAN

Wonderful bit of defending to clear in front of Bassette as the striker looked to get an acrobatic touch in the six-yard box – 7

CAMERON BRANNAGAN

Struggled to stamp his authority on the game, but a valuable hour under his belt after missing the Blackburn Rovers defeat due to illness – 6.5

Oxford Mail:

OWEN DALE

Provided a little bit of a spark down the right-hand side, and like Brannagan, getting the hour was arguably more important – 6.5

DANE SCARLETT

Couldn’t get into the game inside the penalty box, and was forced to drop deep just to get involved – 6

MALCOLM EBIOWEI

Never really had a run at his marker, and struggled to get into the tie – 6

SUBSTITUTES

Will Vaulks (for McEachran, 61)

Fizzed a strike wide in stoppage time as United looked for a late leveller – 6.5

Idris El Mizouni (for Brannagan, 61)

Made a couple of nice runs and showed good energy to get around the pitch – 6.5

Tyler Goodrham (for Dale, 61)

Crossed for Mark Harris, who was inches away from making contact in the box – 7

Ruben Rodrigues (for Ebiowei, 76)

Mark Harris (for Scarlett, 83)

Unused: Eastwood, Golding, Currie, O’Donkor.

Substitutes who come on after the 75th minute do not get a rating.