Hull City player ratings featuring lots of fives and sixes against Bristol City
Hull City suffered their first defeat since New Year’s Day when they were beaten 3-2 at home to Bristol City.
It was a frustratingly poor performance from the Tigers, who set out with the wrong tactical plan and refused to change it even when making a double half-time substitution. By the time they did change shape, they were 3-1 down.
That said, far too many players were way below their best.
Ivor Pandur – exposed for all three goals 6
Charlie Hughes – a brilliant late tackle on Sinclair Armstrong when he looked to have held off too long 6
John Egan – unflustered by being left as a back one when he back-three colleagues pushed on 6
Paddy McNair – tried to get forward at times but his tiring legs were badly exposed by Armstrong before his debut was cut short 5
Lewie Coyle – no lack of effort, but did not amount to much 5
John Lundstram – dropped too deep too often and left a big hole in midfield 5
Regan Slater – worked hard as always and finished the game as a right-back 6
Ryan Giles – one lovely cross about 10 minutes in, but not enough else 6
Joe Gelhardt – continually pushed for a goal but was unable to work his magic 6
Kyle Joseph – no surprise he was withdrawn at half-time 5
Oli McBurnie – a quality goal to give the Tigers a surprise lead 6
Substitutes:
Lewis Koumas (for Joseph, HT) – missed a very good header but produced the cross which reduced the deficit to 3-2 6
Liam Millar (for Giles, HT) – looked dangerous without managing to find the killer moment 7
Matty Jacob (for Egan, 65) – did his job with the focus at the other end by then 5
Kieran Dowell (for Lundstram, 65) – volleyed Hull back into it with his first goal for the club 6
Toby Collyer (for McNair, 76) – Tigers debut 5
Not used: Phillips, Hadziahmetovic, Famewo, McCarthy.