Di Canio curses defending

Swindon boss Paolo Di Canio blasted his side's defence at set-pieces after they slumped to a 2-1 loss at home to Oxford.

James Constable bagged a brace either side of Matt Ritchie's strike in Sunday's League Two encounter to earn Oxford bragging rights against their local rivals and their first win at the County Ground for 38 years. Afterwards, Di Canio hit out at his team's failure to defend from corners and free-kicks after they lost their third successive league game. "It is difficult to speak with the players and make them believe they dominated the game. They conceded two goals from set-pieces," he said. "If we keep going and play as we did I can't imagine we will lose many games because this was one of the best performances since I have been here. After 10 minutes we found a way to attack them and in the end we were absolutely the team who should have won. "Obviously we have to improve set plays. We will work more on this situation because we cannot imagine that in the three games we have lost the goals have come from set plays."