By Jack Billam

OXFORD UNITED 1

El Mizouni 48
STOKE CITY 0

RISING HIGH: Stoke’s Emre Tezgel heads the ball under pressure from Oxford’s Greg Leigh and, below, the U’s celebrate Idris El Mizouni’s winner
PICTURES: PSI/Dennis Goodwin

DELIGHTED Oxford United manager Des Buckingham saluted his “exciting” players after they saw off Stoke with a 1-0 victory. 

Buckingham said: “I hope our fans realise that a lot of really hard work has gone into this victory today. The first half was even, but in the second half we were really exciting to watch and that’s pleasing for me.
“Maybe in the end...