Newcastle 2-1 Hull: What Jakirovic said

Hull City manager Sergej Jakirovic, speaking to BBC Match of the Day: "I am very proud of the team and the way they fought. This is our mentality, our character. Even though we were at St James' Park, we were in the better team in the second half. Unfortunately, we weren't in the first half and this is maybe where we lost the game. If we had scored in the first half it might have been a better result for us but at least we showed better in the second half - I am very proud of the lads. It doesn't matter about the defeat. This is football and everything is possible. We had a lot of chances in the second half, we didn't put in the back of the net. Congratulations to Newcastle."

On his side's first half performance: "We did everything that we shouldn't have in the first half, especially when we were in full defence. As I said, this is football. We didn't defend the spaces between the defence and midfield well enough. And of course Newcastle has quality and they will use this. Good for them."