Hull City's latest trip to Europe saw them suffer a first friendly defeat in two years, finding themselves on the wrong end of a 2-0 defeat against strong opposition in the form of Eintracht Frankfurt. The Tigers, already without a host of players because of injury, lost Paddy McNair and Liam Millar in a damaging first half which will have done little to improve the mood of a frustrated Sergej Jakirovic.
What happened?
The depleted Tigers were beaten in Germany on Saturday afternoon.
Why it matters for Hull City
City's ever-growing injury list, which became a huge problem last season, only emphasises the need for more new arrivals quickly, with less than two weeks to go until the Premier League season gets underway.
What comes next?
The game did, however, see Konstantinos Tzolakis and Jens Hjerto-Dahl make their Tigers debuts and come through well, so that will be a positive. With the next fixture against Manchester City on December 19, the team will need to regroup and focus on their upcoming matches.
Hull City's latest trip to Europe saw them suffer a first friendly defeat in two years, finding themselves on the wrong end of a 2-0 defeat against strong opposition in the form of Eintracht Frankfurt. The Tigers, already without a host of players because of injury, lost Paddy McNair and Liam Millar in a damaging first half which will have done little to improve the mood of a frustrated Sergej Jakirovic.
City's ever-growing injury list, which became a huge problem last season, only emphasises the need for more new arrivals quickly, with less than two weeks to go until the Premier League season gets underway. The team's current league standing is 6th in the Championship, with 73 points from 46 games, and a goal difference of +4.
The game did, however, see Konstantinos Tzolakis and Jens Hjerto-Dahl make their Tigers debuts and come through well, so that will be a positive. With the next fixture against Manchester City on December 19, the team will need to regroup and focus on their upcoming matches.
Already without Eliot Matazo, Darko Gyabu, Charlie Hughes, Matty Jacob, Oscar Zambrano and Hidemasa Morita, losing Jack Butland will be a cruel blow for both the goalkeeper and Sergej Jakirovic. Butland has really impressed in pre-season, and him being out is a problem. Tzolakis will need to get grips with life in England quickly.
The concern for City is that they're once again going into the season with a host of players unavailable, and again they'll be chasing their tail. Given the extensive injury list already being populated, Paddy McNair's withdrawal after just five minutes would have done little to improve Jakirovic's mood, and that would have then worsened when Liam Millar was forced off with a knee problem just before half-time.
