By Ian Hawkins

KARL Robinson praised his Oxford side for the way they started 2021 as braces from Olamide Shodipo and Josh Ruffels helped them to a five-star showing at bottom club Burton.
Matty Taylor set the ball rolling after nine minutes, lobbing over Kieran O’Hara from outside the box after being sent clear by Ruffels.
Oxford doubled their lead in the 18th minute, when Sam Long worked the ball to Shodipo on the edge of the box and the QPR loanee unerringly found the top corner with a superb curling effort.
The same combination created the U’s third on t...