Dave Challinor was proud of his Hartlepool team and the clubs fans despite the National League side going down 4-1 at Sky Bet League One promotion chasers Oxford.Pools led for nearly three-quarters of an hour after Mark Kitching slotted home in the ninth minute, pouncing on a back-pass from Rob Dickie.But after Rob Hall levelled seven minutes into the second half, it was all Oxford.Shandon Baptiste scored a brilliant second goal 14 minutes later and two late goals from Tariqe Fosu and Matty Taylor from the penalty spot gave Karl Robinsons team an ultimately comfortable passage into the fourth round.Challinor said: Of course you dream a little bit when you are leading. Unfortunately for us we didnt keep them frustrated for very long in the second half.Im disappointed with the end result but unbelievably proud of what the players have done, and of our fans.They were unbelievable. Im just sorry we couldnt hang on to give them something more to shout about.Ill take the hit for the last two goals because I wanted us to keep going for it at 2-1 down. And we probably tired the last five minutes.Oxford are the best team in League One by a mile. You dont push a strong Manchester City side the way they did without being very good players.I think they put the stats from the Man City game like their 18 shots against them in the programme to frighten us!Its the end of this competition now for us and weve got more important things to think about.Weve got to use this experience as motivation for our players to aspire to be as good as the Oxford players.Oxford manager Robinson said: It was a ridiculous error from us in the first half.But it was just about discipline. We have an identity now, for the first time in many years at this club, a way of playing, and we stuck to it which made them tire and gaps open up.We didnt get carried away, we stuck to our guns.I had a bit of a go at them at half-time because we were taking a while to do things. But Im really happy with the way we played in the second half.Baptistes goal was a brilliant solo effort, and Robinson enthused: The kid is a special talent.When I first came here he was out on loan to Hampton Richmond. To see his journey over two years has been amazing.He scored a great goal against West Ham too, so he clearly loves the cups!(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
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