Wayne Rooney said he was “hurting” and accepted “you have to look at every possible outcome” after yet another defeat on the road left his Plymouth Argyle rooted to the bottom of the Championship. Argyle lost 2-0 to a resurgent Oxford United,

Wayne Rooney is under pressure at Plymouth after a 2-0 defeat at fellow Championship strugglers Oxford left Argyle bottom of the table with six defeats in their last seven matches

Frank Lampard showed sympathy for Wayne Rooney after Coventry thrashed Plymouth 4-0 to increase the pressure on his former England teammate.

Argyle were in disarray by half-time, trailing 4-0 due to goals from Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Ephron Mason-Clark, and a Josh Eccles double, leaving them powerless to prevent Coventry's dominance. The Pilgrims did manage to halt Coventry's relentless assault in the second half, yet the first-half onslaught had inflicted irreversible damage.