Dec Hartigan scored twice in the final 11 minutes as Oxford & Cherwell Valley College fought back from a goal behind to beat Mandeville College 2-1 in the English Colleges League.

The victory extends their unbeaten run to five games.

OCVC started well, and had several chances to take the lead.

The first chance saw Tom Conway fire over the bar, before the same player then fired wide when well-placed.

Pablo Haysham and Adam Felix also failed to hit the target from close range.

Mandeville then dominated the end to the half, with keeper Theo Dalton forced to produce two fine saves, including one brave stop when a Mandeville striker was clean through.

The second half failed to create many clear-cut chances, before the game suddenly sprang into life late on.

A mix-up in the OCVC defence saw the ball cleared, only for the referee to controversially give the resulting throw-in to the visitors.

And they took full advantage, with Adam Felix drilling the ball across the six-yard box for Liam Roots to smash into the roof of the net on 75 minutes.

OCVC sent on Jack Longford and Luke Carnell in a bid to try and get something out of the game, and it wasn’t long before good work from Longford set Hartigan clear, and he coolly lifted the ball over the keeper and into the net.

And with just five minutes remaining, Conway then broke down the left and delivered a pinpoint cross for Hartigan, arriving at the far post, to powerfully smash the ball in for what proved the winner.

OCVC: Dalton, Johnson, Felix, Hallam (Carnell 76), Veal, Conway, Brown, Haysham, Mackinnon (Longford 76), Hartigan, Bauer.