Oxford United vs Crawley Town. Sky Bet League Two.
The Kassam StadiumAttendance9,004.
Monday 2 January 2012 17:46, UK
Tyrone Barnett struck a brilliant last-minute equaliser to give table-topping Crawley a 1-1 draw at Oxford United.
With time running out, Barnett lashed a left-foot volley into the roof of the net from 12 yards to extend Crawley's unbeaten away run to eight matches. Crawley were wasteful in the first half, with John Akinde the main culprit. Akinde had three efforts in quick succession, but was denied by the outstretched leg of Oxford goalkeeper Ryan Clarke before twice missing the target. And Oxford made the visitors pay in the second half when striker Jon-Paul Pittman opened the scoring against his old club just three minutes after coming onto the pitch. Pittman charged down a clearance by goalkeeper Scott Shearer and drilled home a shot from a tight angle. Alfie Potter went close to a second Oxford goal, Shearer getting down to stop his scuffed shot, and four minutes from time James Constable's 18-yard shot was superbly turned aside by the keeper. But no-one could argue with Barnett's stunning equaliser.
