Hull City player ratings with stars at opposite ends of the field
Hull City suffered their first Premier League defeat of the season at Newcastle United.
The Tigers were beaten 2-1 at St James’ Park but after a fatally slopy start to the game, they at least headed into the three-week international break with some positivity after the way they finished the game.
Konstantinos Tzolakis – a couple of scrappy moments late on denied him more but until then his handling of crosses and his penalty save in particular were up to the high standards he has set in the first phase of the season 8
Lewie Coyle – Hull struggled down his side of the field in the first half 5
Semi Ajayi – takes his share of the blame for the right-sided problems 5
John Egan – was dragged into midfield at times to deal with Newcastle's dominance there 6
Lucas Herrington – composed on his first Premier League start 6
Ryan Giles – unable to have much impact in an attacking sense until the later stages 6
Matt Crooks – overrun in midfield and booked 5
Regan Slater – struggled to get to grips with his midfield counterparts in the first half, more of an influence after it 6
Mohamed Belloumi – was Hull's main threat throughout and made the goal, but a bit wayward in his shooting 7
Oli McBurnie – caught dozing for the second goal but not an easy task leading the line 6
Sorba Thomas – even though it was soft, he took a risk when he conceded the penalty and was fortunate Tzolakis bailed him out; lacks a bit of X-factor 5
Substitutes:
Tim Iroegbunam (for Crooks, HT) – improved things when he came on at half-time 7
Mohamed-Ali Cho (for Thomas, 63) – had a real impact when he came off the bench, especially with his goal 6
Ricardo Vaz (for Egan, 78) – helped make the closing stages so uncomfortable for Newcastle 6
Lucas Gourna (for Slater, 78) – had a late shot blocked 5
Joe Gelhardt (for Belloumi, 83) – was involved in a lot of late chances but unable to convert any 5
Not used: Phillips, Hjerto-Dahl, McNair, Stroud.