How is Cordy better for Angel, I mean if they had gotten the chance to further their relationship, and he was in love with her, They couldn't have sex. So they would be in the same position as he was with Buffy.
Well the fact that she kiss's him after two years shows the love that is there. The fact that one of the first things she does, when she had the chance, was kiss him, Shows that she is still in love with him. If there was any false hope in the episode in regards to a relationship it was between her and Spike! Angel shows up and she kiss's him, cementing a connection between them, something everyone can see, but when it comes to Spike we are left to draw our own conclusion about what happened between them during that night. This allows anyone who wish's they had kissed or made love to believe so, or if you wish to believe all they did was shear a bed, you can believe that too.
See that says to me, that they were giving false hope to Spuffy fans while giving an actual fact of relationship between Angel and Buffy!